HOW TO MAKE DAN DAN NOODLES RECIPES

Steps:

• Make chili oil: Fit a small saucepan with a candy thermometer. Add vegetable oil and Sichuan peppercorns and heat to 325°. Turn off heat and add red pepper flakes, sesame seeds, and five-spice powder. Let oil cool completely. Make pork: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil. Add pork, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon. Cook until meat is deeply golden and crispy, then add hoisin sauce, vinegar, and soy sauce. Cook until all liquid has evaporated. Make sauce: In a large bowl, whisk to combine all ingredients. Cook noodles according to package instructions and add to bowl with the sauce, tossing to coat noodles in the sauce. Divide noodles between serving dishes and top each with pork. Garnish with cilantro, toasted peanuts, and green onions, and drizzle with more chili oil, if desired.

Steps:

• Start by lightly toasting the Szechuan peppercorns in a dry frying pan. Keep them moving so they don't burn; they do burn very easily and will taste bitter if they do.
• Remove from the pan, and then bash them up in a pestle and mortar then put to one side.
• Get a bowl and add the pork mince, dark soy sauce and Shaoxing.
• Now heat up a large frying pan and stir-fry the pork begins to brown. When it has, tip the pork and any juices into a clean bowl and set aside.
• In the same pan, heat a glug of vegetable oil and add the onions. Cook until they're nice and soft but not coloured.
• Now throw in the garlic and ginger and cook for about a minute.
• Pour in the mixture of peanut butter, light and dark soy sauce, oil and chilli sauce.
• Almost straight away add in the toasted and ground peppercorns along with the chicken stock.
• Give it all a good stir and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.