Hokkien noodles with crispy pork

Preparation time:
15 mins
Cooking time:
10 mins
Serves:
4
Rating:
Rich in colour and flavour, these noodles are ready in a flash! You can use duck, chicken, beef or tofu instead of the pork.
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Ingredients

500g packet fresh hokkien noodles
60ml vegetable oil
350g cooked pork belly, cut into batons
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
5cm piece ginger, cut into matchsticks
1 punnet shiitake mushrooms, sliced
½ small Chinese cabbage, cut into 3cm-thick slices
5 spring onions, cut into 3cm-long batons
3 long red chillies, diagonally sliced
2 pinches Chinese five-spice powder
2 Tbsp cooking caramel or Parisian essence (see Cook’s tips, left)
3 Tbsp light soy sauce
3 Tbsp hoisin sauce
3 tsp sesame oil
250g packet bean sprouts
½ bunch coriander, leaves picked
Notes

Cooked pork belly is available from Asian restaurants. You could use Peking-style duck from your supermarket or butcher instead. Cooking caramel is available from good Asian food stores.

Method

1. Put noodles in a saucepan of boiling, salted water and cook for 1 minute. Drain, refresh with cool water and set aside.

2. Heat vegetable oil in a large wok over a high heat. When shimmering, add pork and cook for 3 minutes or until crisp.m Drain and remove from pan.

3. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 30 seconds. Add mushroom and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add cabbage, spring onion and ½ the chilli. Cook for 30 seconds. Stir in five-spice, caramel, soy, hoisin and sesame oil. Add noodles and toss to combine.

4. Just before serving, add bean sprouts, pork and coriander. Top with remaining chilli to serve.

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