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Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing Noodles with Fermented Bean and Pork Sauce)
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Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing Noodles with Fermented Bean and Pork Sauce) 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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Cut the cucumber into thin matchsticks and set aside; thinly slice the scallions.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat and stir-fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Add the ground pork and break it up, cooking until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.
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Stir in the tianmianjiang and soy sauce, then add the water and simmer 8 minutes, stirring, until the sauce is thick and glossy.
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Meanwhile, boil the noodles until just tender, then drain.
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Divide the noodles among bowls, top with the pork sauce, cucumber matchsticks and scallions, and toss well before eating.
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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 Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing Noodles with Fermented Bean and Pork Sauce), 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. Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing Noodles with Fermented Bean and Pork Sauce) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 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 | No | |
| 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
- 590 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 69 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 350 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing Noodles with Fermented Bean and Pork Sauce) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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