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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. PREPARATION. | 2. Rinse the chili and spices off the preserved vegetables, cut into small pieces, put in a cup and into a microwave for 30-45 seconds, set aside. | 3. Toast the sesame seeds in a pan with a little oil, set aside. | 4. DAN DAN MEIN SAUCE. | 5. In a bowl add the dark and light soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame paste, chili oil (optional), sesame oil, granulated sugar, sesame seeds, use a whisk for a smooth sauce, set aside. | 6. Bring 1 cup of chicken stock to a low simmer, optional add 4 more cups of chicken stock if you are going to serve Dan Dan Mein with a bowl of hot broth. | 7. In a separate pot add 1 cup of the heated stock and 2 cup of water, bring to a boil, add the already cooked noodles and let cook for about 1-2 minutes, then remove the noodles to a colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking, set aside. | 8. DIRECTIONS. | 9. Place the cooled noodles in 4 individual bowls. | 10. Add in the center, some of the chopped scallions and pistachio/peanut nuts. | 11. Add the Dan Dan Mein Sauce around the inside perimeter of the bowls. | 12. Add some of the preserved vegetables and shrimp around the inside perimeter of the bowls as well. | 13. Serve with a bowl of hot broth on the side (optional). | 14. Guests can toss the noodles and ingredients in their individual bowl and enjoy! | 15. NOTE: A second version, is to put the noodles in a bowl and add hot broth, Dan Dan Mein soy sauce paste, ground pork (instead of shrimp) and other spices for a more soupy dish. A good substitute for the Dan Dan Mein soy sauce paste, is to use a jar of Sichuan Spicy Noodle Sauce which can be found in Asian food stores. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shrimp	1/2	cup	cooked	-	-	-	-
vegetable	1/4	cup	preserved	27.265	6.1845	1.0972	0.0665
pistachio nut	3	tablespoons	roasted roasted	129.15	6.2661	4.6494	10.4519
scallion	2	scallions	chopped	-	-	-	-
sesame seed	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
chicken stock	1	cup		86.4	8.472000000000001	6.047999999999999	2.88
chicken stock	4	cups		86.4	8.472000000000001	6.047999999999999	2.88
yellow noodle	16	ounces		403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
dark soy sauce	2	tablespoons		403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
soy sauce	1	tablespoon		8.48	0.7888	1.3024	0.0912
rice vinegar	1	tablespoon		403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
sesame paste	2	tablespoons		187.52	7.696000000000001	5.7856	16.2784
chili oil	1/8	teaspoon		403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
sesame oil	2	tablespoons		240.44799999999998	0.0	0.0	27.2
sugar	1/4	tablespoon	granulated	4.9969	0.9376	0.1564	0.078

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.