Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian
Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sichuan cold noodles - liang mian. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A great summer dish, this Sichuan street snack can be found throughout China. It's got a nice sweet, sour, and savory sauce with an optional spicy kick. This is the most popular Sichuan style cold noodle salad recipe.

Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sichuan cold noodles - liang mian using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
  1. Prepare 200 g dry wheat noodles
  2. Prepare Sesame oil
  3. Prepare Sauce
  4. Prepare 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sesame oil
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp Sichuan chilli flake oil
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  9. Get 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  10. Take 2 tsp sugar
  11. Get Powdered Sichuan pepper or oil of necessary
  12. Make ready Ingredients (one or several), 200g in total
  13. Make ready Cucumber
  14. Get Carrot
  15. Make ready Bean sprouts
  16. Get Leafy greens
  17. Make ready Fried tofu
  18. Get Garnish (one or several)
  19. Prepare Garlic
  20. Get Scallions
  21. Take Toasted peanuts
  22. Prepare Coriander

Liang mian, cold noodles, is a traditional snack food in China, little known to westerners. It is sold by street vendors and small cafes in many parts of the country; this version is based on one I enjoyed while visiting Chengdu, Sichuan; thus it is firery and intensely flavored. So this is liang mian (凉面), literally "cold noodles," a simple but wonderful dish that has its origin in Sichuan Province. It's one of those foods where every street vendor, every restaurant, every Sichuanese cook will have their own recipe.

Instructions to make Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian:
  1. Mix together the sauce ingredients in a pot. Add a little water if it's too thick. Adjust sweetness, hotness, numbness and tartness to taste
  2. Shred the vegetables and slice the tofu
  3. Boil the noodles according to instructions. When 2 minutes remain add the vegetables and tofu (if using) and mix thoroughly
  4. Drain and toss with a little sesame oil to prevent the noodles from sticking together
  5. Let cool then refrigerate (large batches can be prepared and kept ready). I tend to have the first serving hot though!
  6. Chop the garnishes roughly
  7. Divide the sauce in 4 bowls. Add the noodle-vegetable-tofu mix, then sprinkle the garnishes on top
  8. Serve with extra chilli flake oil. Have each guest mix their noodles with the sauce thoroughly before eating!

So you should experiment and make it your own. Liang Mian. (Chinese cold sesame noodles). This noodle dish originated in the Szechuan countryside. It comes together in a snap and tastes great. A Taiwanese version, called ma jiang mian, has a sauce that is a little soupier.

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