Minced Pork Noodles Negi To Buta Niku No Itame Recipes

SIZZLING PORK NOODLES

Steps:

• Cover a large pot of water and begin heating it over high heat. While you are waiting for it to boil, make the sauce.
• Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic and set aside. Without using oil, brown the pork in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring frequently to break the meat into small clumps. This process takes about 10 minutes. After the meat has browned, drain any fat into a n empty can. Throw away the can.
• Add the onion, garlic, chili sauce, water, soy sauce, vinegar and black pepper and stir. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat stirring occasionally for about 8 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Turn off the heat and cover to keep hot.
• Once the sauce is cooking, add the vermicelli and cook according to package directions. Stir every minute or two to keep noodles from sticking together. When noodles are finished cooking, drain.
• While the noodles are cooking, peel the cucumber and cut into ¼ inch cubes. Wash the scallions. Cut off the root tips and top 2 inches of green ends and discard them. Cut the remaining pieces into ¼" pieces. Set aside.
• Put noodles on a large platter, Pour the pork sauce over top and sprinkle with the cucumber and the scallion pieces and serve.

DELICIOUS PORK AND NOODLES

Steps:

• Sprinkle all sides of your pork loin liberally with salt and pepper.
• Spray inside of crockpot with spray cooking oil (I do this because it makes cleaning the crock so much easier).
• Place pork in crockpot along with about 1/4 cup of water and cook on low all day or high for about 3-4 hours (cooking time varies according to your crockpot and the size of your pork loin -- if it is large and I need it to be done faster, I will cut the loin into smaller chunks). You will know when it is done, when you can shred it with a fork.
• About 15-20 minutes before I want to serve, in a pot on the stove, I bring the cans of broth to just the point of boiling and then I add the bag of noodles and cook basically according to the directions on the package. Hopefully, most of the liquid will be absorded, if any is left, you might want to drain it off. For this dish, the noodles should NOT be soupy.
• While the noodles are cooking, remove your pork loin from the crockpot and gently shred the pork. We like it not to be stringy and not to have chunks that are too big. Just nice bite sized pieces.
• When the noodles are done, add the pork to the pot of noodles and stir so pork is distributed throughout. If pork wasn't warm when you added it, let the noodles/pork reheat. Taste - if bland, you'll need to add more salt and pepper.
• Serve with warm bread and a salad. Nice comfort food.
• NOTE - my mom cooks the pork on the stove in a pot. After salt/peppering the pork, I think she browns all sides of the loin and then turns down to low and cooks for 2-3 hours - with a little water or broth in the bottom of the pan. Then she removes the pork to be shredded and in the same pot cooks her noodles and then adds pork back.
• TIP - if you aren't worried about watching fat, add the juice/drippings that are in the bottom of the crockpot to the cans of broth - the drippings add an extra depth to the flavor of the dish!
• NOTE - if your pork loin is on the small side (closer to 1 pound), you will want to use less noodles and less broth. You should be able to get pork with every bite of noodles.

ZHAJIANG MIAN - MINCED PORK TOSSED NOODLES

Steps:

• Make the brown bean sauce by combining the ingredients and mixing them well.
• Heat a wok over a high heat and once it is hot, add the oil and the white part of the onions and the garlic; stir-fry for 20 seconds, add the pork and cook it until it turns white and begins to separate; add the brown sauce; reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add another cup of stock if you prefer a thinner consistency. Season, to taste, with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and sugar.
• Meanwhile, cook the noodles in boiling water for 3-4 minutes; drain, rinse off excess starch, if necessary, and add the noodles to the wok with the remaining green onion and toss the noodles and green onion through the mince mixture; serve topped with the cucumber.
• NOTE: Shanghai noodles, eggless noodles made from wheat flour, are available from Asian grocers. To prevent them sticking together after cooking, add a splash of oil and toss through. This is particularly useful if you are cooking them ahead of time.

PORK & NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375*.
• Cook noodles as directed. Drain.
• Melt shortening in a large skillet, brown the pork.
• Drain off the fat.
• Stir in the vegetables, cheese and soup. Mix well.
• Slowly stir in the noodles.
• Pour mixture in an ungreased 1 quart casserole.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
• Stir occasionally.