Xueqing Zhu Gravy Noodle Recipe
Author: Ming F.
Level: 7
Instructor: Anne F.
Photo Credit: Ming F.
Article ID: 265 [Recipes- Fall 2016]
A family recipe from Shanxi Province, Central China
TOTAL TIME: 30 min
YIELD: 2 servings
Ingredients & equipment
- 250 g flour noodles (make your own or buy standard oriental noodles)
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 11 ounces skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips
- Dash dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp olive, nut or vegetable oil
- 5 ounces bean sprouts
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- Fresh garlic sprouts
- Five-spice powder - season to taste, roughly ¼ tsp
(* See five-spice powder below)
- Chili sauce – season to taste
Philips Pasta Maker is required for preparing the noodles in this recipe or buy package of noodles. Philips Pasta Maker is available from Amazon, Costco for about $299.
Directions
- Prepare the noodles according to the instruction of the pasta maker.
- Mix 1 tbsp oil with prepared raw noodles and then steam the noodles for 3-5 minutes over a pan of boiling water.
- Season the chicken with a splash of dark soy sauce, five-spice powder, and chili sauce (to taste). Mix well.
- Heat a pan on high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil and heat until smoking. Then add the chicken and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until cooked through.
- Add the garlic sprouts and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Then add water with the light soy sauce and stir-fry for less than 1 minute. Add the cooked noodles on top of it. Wait until the juice is almost gone and add 1 tsp sesame oil and mix the noodles. Serve immediately.
Note:
* Five Spice Powder is a “staple” in Chinese cooking. Here are the ingredients if anyone wants to make it or buy it at any Chinese grocery store.
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 1tsp ground cloves
- 1tsp fennel seed, toasted and ground
- 1tsp ground star anise
- 1tsp peppercorns, toasted and ground