Ma Yi Shang Shu

Name: Ma Yi Shang Shu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 200g glass noodles, soaked; 300g pork mince; 2 tbsp doubanjiang; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp ginger, minced; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 200ml chicken stock; spring onions and sesame oil to serve

Ants climbing a tree — transparent glass noodles in a spicy pork mince sauce. Adding the pre-soaked noodles at the very end and letting them cook in the sauce until they absorb it gives the dish its name, as the clinging pork mince looks like ants on the noodles.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

200gglass noodles, soaked

300gpork mince

2 tbspdoubanjiang

2 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspginger, minced

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tspsugar

200mlchicken stock

spring onions and sesame oilto serve

Instructions

Fry doubanjiang, garlic and ginger in oil 1 minute.

Add pork mince, cook until browned.

Add soy, sugar and stock. Bring to simmer.

Add soaked noodles and cook 3 minutes until noodles absorb the sauce.

Scatter spring onions, drizzle sesame oil and serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

219

Protein

20.8g

Fat

13.3g

Carbs

3.2g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

980mg

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