Tofu Dan Dan Noodles
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Crumble and slightly mash the tofu into a bowl.
- 2Add dark soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, Chinese 5 spice powder, sugar, white pepper, and MSG to the tofu.
- 3Mix all the seasonings into the tofu until well combined.
- 4Add the seasoned tofu to a dry pan and spread it with a little bit of oil.
- 5Cook the tofu for 5 to 7 minutes on medium heat.
- 6Chop ginger, garlic, and spring onions (white bit only).
- 7Add the chopped ginger, garlic, and spring onions to the pan with the tofu.
- 8Cook until the tofu chunks dry out and become meaty.
- 9Boil Chinese noodles in water.
- 10Prepare the sauce by adding sesame paste, sesame oil, chili crisp, light soy sauce, sugar, and black vinegar to a bowl.
- 11Mix the sauce ingredients together.
- 12Add some noodle water to the sauce to loosen it up.
- 13Quickly boil some broccolini in the same pot as the noodles.
- 14Add the boiled noodles to the sauce.
- 15Mix the sauce and noodles together until all of it is coated.
- 16Assemble the dish by placing the saucy noodles in a bowl.
- 17Add boiled broccolini to the bowl.
- 18Add a generous amount of the tofu crumbles to the bowl.
- 19Garnish 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
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 stalk 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 tap black vinegar
- 4 tbsp noodle water
- 150 g Chinese noodles
- 4 stems broccolini
- spring onion greens
- crushed peanuts
- chili oil
Equipment
bowlspoonpanchopping boardknifepottongs
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