Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, sichuan cold noodles - liang mian. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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. Among many versions, cold noodles with Sichuan dressing are one of my favourites.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have sichuan cold noodles - liang mian using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
- Prepare 200 g dry wheat noodles
- Get Sesame oil
- Get Sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or
- Take 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sesame oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp Sichuan chilli flake oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- Make ready 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Get 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- Take 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready Powdered Sichuan pepper or oil of necessary
- Make ready Ingredients (one or several), 200g in total
- Take Cucumber
- Make ready Carrot
- Prepare Bean sprouts
- Prepare Leafy greens
- Take Fried tofu
- Get Garnish (one or several)
- Take Garlic
- Make ready Scallions
- Prepare Toasted peanuts
- Take Coriander
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. Cold noodles with shredded chicken is just one variation of Chinese cold noodles. It's actually a Sichuan dish, but it's extremely popular across the country, especially during the summer.
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!
I won't make it as spicy as the Sichuan version, though feel free to add more pepper if you like. 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. I am still mouthwatering when recalling them one by one. There are Liangpi, Roujiamo, Caijiamo, hot and sour noodles, Shan'xi style steamed roll, Biang Biang Mian (noodles) and etc.
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