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

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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. Cold noodles, or liang mian, are actually room temperature and are their own category of treat in Sichuan.

Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Sichuan cold noodles - Liang mian is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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. Take 200 g dry wheat noodles
  2. Take Sesame oil
  3. Take Sauce
  4. Get 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or
  5. Take 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sesame oil
  6. Get 1 tbsp Sichuan chilli flake oil
  7. Take 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  8. Get 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  9. Get 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  10. Get 2 tsp sugar
  11. Get Powdered Sichuan pepper or oil of necessary
  12. Prepare Ingredients (one or several), 200g in total
  13. Get Cucumber
  14. Take Carrot
  15. Take Bean sprouts
  16. Get Leafy greens
  17. Prepare Fried tofu
  18. Make ready Garnish (one or several)
  19. Make ready Garlic
  20. Make ready Scallions
  21. Get Toasted peanuts
  22. Make ready Coriander

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. So you should experiment and make it your own. Liang Mian. (Chinese cold sesame noodles).

Steps 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!

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. 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.

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