Za Jiang Mein (Beijing-Style Meat Sauce With Noodles)
This is a fast food or home meal in Beijing, and is quite popular in Korea as well. It's a thick wheat noodle topped with a savory pork sauce, which is a bit sweet and spicy. All this is garnished with a mound of shredded cucumber. You mix it all together and voila... a filling, tasty meal. It's Pucca, the Japanese cartoon character's favourite food as well. Many variations of this recipe exist -- Chinese people prefer it sweet, Koreans like it salty and with potatoes. Common additions/subsitutions for the pork are: beef, dried shrimp, eggs, shredded bean curd and eggplant.
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DIRECTIONS
- Heat the oil in the wok. When the oil is ready, add the garlic and then the pork. Fry briefly.
- Blend the bean sauce with the beer.
- Add the mixed sauce, sprinkle the sugar into the wok and cook, stir until the sauce is piping hot (about 10 mins).
- Turn off the heat and start to boil the noodles, 1 min and remove.
- Drain the noodles thoroughly and place into a bowl.
- Spoon over the sauce. Garnish with the scallions, bean sprouts and cucumber shreds generously.
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