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Sichuan Cold Noodles, Street Food style Liang Mian Recipe (川味凉面) Chinese Cooking Demystified.. Chinese cold noodles, known as Liang Mian/凉面 in Chinese, are a traditional "small eat" (Xiao Chi/小吃) popular in many regions of China. At street stalls, small cafes or in households, it's served as a snack or a quick breakfast/lunch.
Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sichuan cold noodles - liang mian using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
- Take 200 g dry wheat noodles
- Prepare Sesame oil
- Make ready Sauce
- Take 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or
- Get 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sesame oil
- Get 1 tbsp Sichuan chilli flake oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- Get 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Get Powdered Sichuan pepper or oil of necessary
- Prepare Ingredients (one or several), 200g in total
- Get Cucumber
- Take Carrot
- Make ready Bean sprouts
- Prepare Leafy greens
- Make ready Fried tofu
- Prepare Garnish (one or several)
- Take Garlic
- Prepare Scallions
- Make ready Toasted peanuts
- Take Coriander
Cold noodles, or liang mian, are actually room temperature and are their own category of treat in Sichuan. Specifically, liang mian are cold wheat noodles, and liang fen are the cold noodles made from rice or various bean and vegetable starches. This just happens to be a fancy version with chicken. Liang mian can be made for packed lunch, dinner, picnics just like any other countries 'noodle salad' style food.
Steps to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
- Mix together the sauce ingredients in a pot. Add a little water if it's too thick. Adjust sweetness, hotness, numbness and tartness to taste
- Shred the vegetables and slice the tofu
- Boil the noodles according to instructions. When 2 minutes remain add the vegetables and tofu (if using) and mix thoroughly
- Drain and toss with a little sesame oil to prevent the noodles from sticking together
- Let cool then refrigerate (large batches can be prepared and kept ready). I tend to have the first serving hot though!
- Chop the garnishes roughly
- Divide the sauce in 4 bowls. Add the noodle-vegetable-tofu mix, then sprinkle the garnishes on top
- Serve with extra chilli flake oil. Have each guest mix their noodles with the sauce thoroughly before eating!
Leaving it longer actually lets all of the flavours absorb into the noodles. This cold noodle salad is refreshing, light and absolutely bursting with flavour. The mix of Sichuan pepper, chilli, garlic and ginger mingles with the slippery noodles to create a fantastic vegetarian dish full of excitement. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian Simple and refreshing cold noodles with bite and numbing Sichuan pepper. Easy to prepare in large batches to keep ready in the fridge for hot summer days.
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