Guirong Wei’s home-style sauces for Chinese noodles – recipes
Guirong Wei’s home-style sauces for Chinese noodles – recipes
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The star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table reveals the secrets to two of her stellar noodle sauces: egg and tomato, and hearty pork mince. My restaurants are all about the noodles – fresh hand-pulled biang biang noodles in particular. They’re not the easiest things to make, though, and are certainly not something a novice would want to tackle for a midweek meal at home, which is where shop-bought alternatives come in so handy. If possible, buy fresh “knife-cut” noodles from a Chinese or Asian food store – ideally wider, flat ones, though very young children will probably find dragon whisker noodles easier to handle. Today’s two recipes are both quick and easy home-style sauces that will bring comforting flavours to your table in no time. At my restaurants, we even serve a dish that combines the two, and it’s incredibly popular, so once you’ve got the hang of these, you might want to try recreating that at home, too.
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This combines the natural sweetness and sourness of tomatoes with the silky texture of scrambled eggs, creating a light yet flavourful sauce that pairs brilliantly with wide noodles, in particular. It’s a good choice for busy days, because it calls for only a few simple ingredients and is on the table in less than half an hour.
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Prep 10 min. Cook 15 min. Serves 2. 2 tbsp vegetable oil. 2 eggs. 200g fresh wheat noodles (the Jingdu brand can be found in many Asian supermarkets), or dried wheat noodles. 2-3 large tomatoes (I use vine ones), blanched in boiling water and peeled, ideally, then diced (or use 1 drained tinned tomato as a convenient alternative).
