Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, sichuan cold noodles - liang mian. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sichuan cold noodles - liang mian using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
- Make ready 200 g dry wheat noodles
- Make ready Sesame oil
- Make ready Sauce
- Prepare 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or
- Get 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sesame oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp Sichuan chilli flake oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- Get 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Prepare 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp sugar
- Take Powdered Sichuan pepper or oil of necessary
- Prepare Ingredients (one or several), 200g in total
- Prepare Cucumber
- Make ready Carrot
- Take Bean sprouts
- Get Leafy greens
- Make ready Fried tofu
- Prepare Garnish (one or several)
- Prepare Garlic
- Take Scallions
- Prepare Toasted peanuts
- Make ready Coriander
So this is liang mian (凉面), literally "cold noodles," a simple but wonderful dish that has its origin in Sichuan Province. It's one of those foods where every street vendor, every restaurant, every Sichuanese cook will have their own recipe. So you should experiment and make it your own. Liang Mian. (Chinese cold sesame noodles).
Instructions 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!
This noodle dish originated in the Szechuan countryside. It comes together in a snap and tastes great. A Taiwanese version, called ma jiang mian, has a sauce that is a little soupier. Liang mian, cold noodles, is a traditional snack food in China, little known to westerners. It is sold by street vendors and small cafes in many parts of the country; this version is based on one I enjoyed while visiting Chengdu, Sichuan; thus it is firery and intensely flavored.
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