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Liang Mian (Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber)
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Liang Mian (Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Boil the noodles until just tender, then drain and rinse under cold water until fully cooled; toss with a little sesame oil so they do not clump.
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Whisk the sesame paste with the water a tablespoon at a time until smooth and pourable.
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Stir in the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and minced garlic to make the dressing.
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Cut the cucumber into thin matchsticks.
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Toss the cold noodles with the dressing until evenly coated.
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Top with the cucumber and a drizzle of chili oil, and serve chilled or at room temperature.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Liang Mian (Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Liang Mian (Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 66 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 450 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Liang Mian (Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon and summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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