A delicious supper from ” Dinner” by Meera Sodha, Most of this can be prepared ahead- only the noodles need to be left until you are ready to serve.
Ingredients
- For the sesame sauce:
- ⅓ vegetable stock cube
- 150 g tahini
- 3½ tbsp crispy chilli in oil
- 2½ tbsp light soy sauce
- 4 tsp rice vinegar
- 4 tsp Chinkiang black rice vinegar
- ¼ tsp sichuan peppercorns ground in a mortar
- For the spicy fried soya :
- 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 4 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
- 2x 2cm piece ginger peeled and grated
- 100 g dried soya mince
- 1½ tbsp light soy sauce
- 2½ tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1½ tbsp Chinkiang black rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp crispy chilli in oil
- For the noodles
- 340 g ramen noodles
- 250 g baby spinach
- 2 spring onions trimmed and finely sliced
- 250 g baby spinach
- 2 spring onions trimmed and finely sliced
Servings:
Instructions
- First make the sesame sauce. Crumble the stock cube into a small saucepan, pour over 150ml freshly boiled water and stir to dissolve. Stir in the rest of the sauce ingredients and put to one side.
- To make the mince, put the oil in a large, nonstick frying pan on a medium heat and, when hot, add the garlic and ginger, and fry for a minute. Add the dried mince, stir to mix, then cook, stirring frequently ), for four minutes, or until the mince turns a roasted almond colour.
- Add 200ml water, the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, Chinkiang vinegar and crispy chilli in oil, then cook for a further five minutes, until the water has evaporated and the mince is dry. Take off the heat, cover with a lid and put to one side.
- Just before serving, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked noodles to a colander.
- Add the spinach to the boiling water, stir to cover the leaves and wilt them, then drain into the colander with the noodles.Put the pan of sesame sauce on a medium heat, stir, bring to a brief boil, then take off the heat.
- To assemble, divide the noodles between four bowls (a fancy way to do this is to take a fork, twizzle the noodles around it to make a neat little nest, then gently place the nest in the bowl and pull out the fork).
- Top with a quarter of the spinach, the sauce and a few spoonfuls of the mince, and decorate with the spring onions.
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