cold noodles, Sichuan style
I had these Sichuan style cold noodles for lunch the other day; they make such a perfect simple meal! Their taste improves with time, when all ingredients mix with the noodles, so it is ideal to prepare this the morning before, or even the night before you are eating them. Cheap, filling, easy to prepare, and very tasty, what more could you want from lunch? So why aren't there noodle joints offering these as a quick snack?
Alas, I live in a tasteless country, suffering from the ICDB (I Can Do Better) scenario (meaning everywhere I go and order something simple, I feel I would have been able to make something tastier with the same ingredients - this doesn't mean I can cook so well, but it means eating places here seem to have uninterested, lazy, or even lousy cooks), so I take my own noodles to work.
How to prepare: take 60 or 70 grams cooked noodles, drained, or even soaked in cold water to prevent the noodles from sticking. For each serving, add 1 large tablespoon of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon of sesame paste, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of Chinese dark vinegar, 1 tbsp of white sugar, half a clove of crushed garlic (or leave this out when you are at work), and a large tablespoon of chinese chili sauce (or Yinyin sauce), or more to taste. Mix those ingredients in a bowl together and add to the noodles until all noodles are covered with sauce. Add more hot sauce if you dare, you should eat this as hot as you can handle! Add half a cucumber (or a little less), cut in slices and then in thin strips to go with the noodles and some peanuts (or pine nuts, as I did here). You could add some cold blanched bean sprouts as well...
Put in an airtight container and enjoy this meal with your chopsticks!
Alas, I live in a tasteless country, suffering from the ICDB (I Can Do Better) scenario (meaning everywhere I go and order something simple, I feel I would have been able to make something tastier with the same ingredients - this doesn't mean I can cook so well, but it means eating places here seem to have uninterested, lazy, or even lousy cooks), so I take my own noodles to work.
How to prepare: take 60 or 70 grams cooked noodles, drained, or even soaked in cold water to prevent the noodles from sticking. For each serving, add 1 large tablespoon of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon of sesame paste, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of Chinese dark vinegar, 1 tbsp of white sugar, half a clove of crushed garlic (or leave this out when you are at work), and a large tablespoon of chinese chili sauce (or Yinyin sauce), or more to taste. Mix those ingredients in a bowl together and add to the noodles until all noodles are covered with sauce. Add more hot sauce if you dare, you should eat this as hot as you can handle! Add half a cucumber (or a little less), cut in slices and then in thin strips to go with the noodles and some peanuts (or pine nuts, as I did here). You could add some cold blanched bean sprouts as well...
Put in an airtight container and enjoy this meal with your chopsticks!
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