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Zha Jiang Mian

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Zha Jiang Mian

Beijing-style noodles with fermented soybean paste meat sauce and fresh vegetables. Simmering the bean sauces with a little water for a full 10 minutes mellows their intense fermented flavour into something rich and balanced rather than overpoweringly salty.

Total time
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Chinese

Ingredients

400gwheat noodles
300gpork mince
4 tbspsweet bean sauce (tian mian jiang)
2 tbspfermented yellow bean sauce
4 clovesgarlic, minced
1white onion, diced
2 tbspvegetable oil
cucumber, carrot, bean sprouts, radishfor topping

Instructions

1

Fry onion and garlic in oil 3 minutes. Add pork, cook until browned.

2

Add both bean sauces and a little water. Simmer 10 minutes.

3

Cook noodles, drain.

4

Serve noodles in bowls topped with meat sauce.

5

Let diners add their own fresh vegetable toppings. Mix before eating.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
273
Protein
19.8g
Fat
19.7g
Carbs
3.5g
Fiber
0.5g
Sodium
53mg

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