Tofu Dan Dan Noodles
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Crumble and slightly mash the tofu.
- 2Add dark soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, chinese 5 spice powder, sugar, white pepper, and a pinch of msg (optional) to the crumbled tofu.
- 3Add the seasoned tofu to a dry pan and spray with a little bit of oil.
- 4Cook the tofu for 5 to 7 minutes on medium heat.
- 5While the tofu cooks, chop some ginger, garlic, and spring onions (white bit only).
- 6Continue cooking the tofu until the chunks dry out and become meaty.
- 7Boil the noodles according to package directions.
- 8While noodles boil, prepare the sauce by combining sesame paste, chili crisp, sesame oil, light soy sauce, sugar, and black vinegar (optional).
- 9Add 4-5 tbsp of the noodle water to the sauce to loosen it.
- 10Quickly boil 4-5 broccolini.
- 11Mix the sauce and the cooked noodles together until all of the noodles are coated.
- 12Assemble by placing the saucy noodles in a bowl.
- 13Top with boiled broccolini.
- 14Add a generous amount of the cooked tofu crumbles.
- 15Garnish with spring onion greens, crushed peanuts, and chili oil.
Ingredients
- 300 g medium firm tofu
- 0.5 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp chinese 5 spice powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 pinch msg (optional)
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 spring onion stalk (white bit only)
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 5 tbsp sesame paste
- 2 tbsp chilli crisp
- 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
- 0.5 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp black vinegar (you can skip if you don’t have)
- 4 tbsp noodle water
- 5 tbsp noodle water
- 150 g chinese noodles (uncooked weight)
- 4 broccolini boiled
- 5 broccolini boiled
- spring onion greens
- crushed peanuts
- chili oil
Equipment
dry panpot for boiling noodlespot for boiling broccolini
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