Sour Spicy Sweet Potato Noodles or Suan La Fen 酸辣粉 is a very famous street food from Chongqing, China. The noodles are made of sweet potato starch, therefore they have a unique color and consistency.
Sour Spicy Sweet Potato Noodles 酸辣粉
Ingredients
- 150 g Sweet Potato Noodles dried
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- 10 g Ginger
- 4 tbsp Chili Oil
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 5 tbsp Chinese Dark Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- ½ tsp Five Spices 五香粉: a traditional Chinese spice blend of five spices
- ½ tsp Ground Sichuan Peppercorn
- 1 tbsp Preserved Mustard Sui Mi Ya Cai 碎米芽菜
- 200 ml Veggie Stock/Soup
- 1 tbsp Zajiang check our post for the recipe
- 1 tbsp Pickled Long Beans check our post on pickling
- 1 tbsp Fried Soy Beans check for recipe
- 1 tbsp Fried Peanuts check for recipe
- 1 Stalk Scallion
- 1 Stalk Coriander
Instructions
- Soak the noodles in lukewarm water for 30 minutes.
- Finely chop the garlic and ginger. Add 2 tbsp water to the ginger. Cut the shallot and coriander into small pieces.
- Take a large bowl, 4-5 tablespoons of chili oil, add 2 tablespoon of soy sauce, 5 tablespoons of Chinese dark vinegar, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon of Sichuan pepper powder, 1/2 teaspoon of 5 spices, 1 tbsp preserved mustard, ginger water and garlic, 200ml of hot veggie stock/soup
- Boil water and cook the sweet potato noodles until it’s translucent and al dente, drain the water and add them to the bowl
- Add 1tbsp Zajiang(check previous Reel for recipe), 1 tbsp fried soy beans, 1 tbsp the fried peanuts (recipes coming up), 1 tbsp pickled long beans (check the pickling Reel for recipe), scallion and coriander
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