Chili Bean Paste Pork Noodles (Jia Jiang Mein)

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Chili bean paste pork noodles is another Taiwanese favorite and traditional comfort food.

Here are the products I use for chili bean paste and sweet bean paste:

Chili Bean Paste Pork Noodles
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Chili Bean Paste Pork Noodles

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Course: Lunch, DinnerCuisine: Taiwanese, ChineseDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes
Total time

45

minutes

This Taiwanese noodle dish is flavorful and spicy. The Shanghai noodles pair well with the meat sauce, because it absorbs the sauce flavor. If you want to make it less spicy, just substitute more sweet bean paste instead of chili bean paste.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon 1 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 3 slices of ginger

  • 4 tablespoons 4 4 tablespoons minced garlic

  • 1 pound 1 1 pound of ground pork

  • 1 tablespoon 1 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine

  • 2 tablespoons 2 1 tablespoon chili bean paste

  • 2 tablespoons 2 3 tablespoons sweet bean paste

  • 1 1/2 cups 1 1/2 1 1/2 cups water

  • 2 tablespoons 2 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 tablespoon 1 1 tablespoon soy sauce

  • 16 ounces 16 16 ounces Shanghai white noodles

  • 1 tablespoon 1 1 tablespoon sesame oil

  • 1 teaspoon 1 1 tablespoon cornstarch

  • 1 scallion chopped

Directions

  • Heat pan to medium-high heat with olive oil and add ginger and minced garlic. Add in ground pork and shaoxing rice wine and stir-fry until ground pork is cooked through.
  • Add chili soy bean paste, sweet bean paste, soy sauce, water, and sugar. Mix until well-coated and then turn heat down and let simmer.
  • Cook Shanghai noodle according to package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water, drizzle some sesame oil to prevent noodle from sticking and then separate into individual serving bowls.
  • Go back to pork mixture: Mix cornstarch with 1/2 tablespoon of cold water and then drizzle into pork mixture – sauce should thicken slightly. Mix in chopped scallions. Spoon meat sauce onto noodles and serve. To add a vegetable to the dish, serve with julienned cucumbers or some blanched vegetables such as bok choy. Noodles should be eaten with sauce mixed throughout.