Recipe for Sichuan Chilled Noodles (四川凉面)

Recipe for Sichuan Chilled Noodles

 

Ingredients

• 2 bags of Chinese fresh noodles (the brand we use is “Twin Marquis – plain noodle (thin)”) – can be substituted with spaghetti
• 1 cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup black vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
• ½ clove of garlic – crushed
• ½ oz. minced ginger
• black pepper and Chinese wild pepper
• 4 stalks of green scallion
• vegetable oil
• chili oil or 1 tablespoon of crashed chill paper and 5-10 pieces of hot chili pepper (Important but optional)

Directions:

 

1. Put the noodles in the boiling water. When the water begins to boil again, set timer for 5 minute. (12 minutes for spaghetti)
2. Quickly take the noodles out from boiling water. Cool the noodles in a large backing tray or on a turn table by high speed fan. Add about 1-2 oz. vegetable oil to prevent the noodles sticking together. For spaghetti, oil may not be necessary. Do not use cold water to chill the noodles.
3. Place ½ clove of crushed garlic, ½ oz. minced ginger, chopped green scallion, 1/8 tablespoon of Chinese wild pepper, sprinkle black pepper all into a heat-able bowl.
4. Heat up 1 oz. vegetable oil in a flying pan. After the oil become hot, add 5-10 piece of chili peppers into the oil and pour the oil immidiately into the heat-able bowl with all the ingredients. 
5. Make chill oil (optional): Heat up 1 oz. vegetable oil in a flying pan. While the oil is heating, add in 1-3 star spicy (brown colored with 8 points). After the oil become mdium hot, pour it onto 1 tablespoon of crashed dry chili pepper (in a heat-able bowl). Mix carefully until chill paper become dark red.
6. Put 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds into the flying pan. Use the leftover heat to bake the sesame until light yellow. Do not over bake.
7. Mix the ingredients in the oil and add in 1 cup soy sauce, ¼ cup black vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, and sesame seeds.
8. Cut the green scallion to 2 inch pieces. Slice the scallion pieces (parallel) to fine strains.  
9. Put the noodles in a large bowl. Gather the green scallion, sesame seeds and other cooled ingredients onto the noodles, mix well right before use.

-A secret recipe of SantaLucia