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Braised Fatty Pork Noodles (Zha jiang mien)

Posted by admin on Jun 17, 2011 in All recipes, Favourites, Meat, Noodles | 0 comments

Serves 4

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

• 500gram pork belly strips
• 5 garlic shallots
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice wine (mi chiu)
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• ¼ cucumber sliced into small strips
• Dash of sesame oil
• Handmade noodles or store bought noodles

Directions:

1. Slice up the pork belly strips into 0.5cm thickness on both edges.

2. Slice up the garlic shallots into small squares.

3. In a pan, heat up a dash of vegetable oil and lightly fry pork belly.

4. Add the garlic shallots in with the pork and stir fry until soft.

5. Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine and stir.

6. Add the sugar and stir until the sauce is thick.

7. Add the sesame oil and mix.

8. Serve on top of noodles.

9. Sprinkle the sliced cucumber on top.

Tips:

1. This dish can be served with rice instead of noodles.

2. For a healthier option, use pork mince instead of pork belly strips.