Noodles with Ground Pork & Bok Choy
Before we get cooking, here’s everything you need.
1 lb ground pork
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 large bok choy heads, roughly chopped
8 oz dried Chinese-style egg noodles OR ramen-style noodles
Pork Sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 tbsp hoisin
Dan Dan Sauce
½ cup creamy peanut butter
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp chili oil
2 tbsp hot water
½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
Ingredients
- 1 pounds Ground Pork
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
- 1 tablespoons Minced Garlic
- 2 large bok choy heads, roughly chopped
- 8 ounces dried Chinese-style egg noodles
- 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoons Rice Vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Hoisin
- 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoons Rice Vinegar
- 1 teaspoons Chili Oil
- 2 tablespoons Hot Water
- 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
Directions
1
Prepare the pork sauce
In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, rice vinegar, Chinese five-spice powder, and hoisin. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, rice vinegar, Chinese five-spice powder, and hoisin. Set aside.
2
Prepare the dan dan sauce
In a large bowl, mix creamy peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili oil, hot water, and Chinese five-spice powder until smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix creamy peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili oil, hot water, and Chinese five-spice powder until smooth. Set aside.
3
Cook the pork
1. In a large skillet or wok, heat oil over high heat. Add pork and garlic.
2. Crumble and brown pork for 7–9 minutes, then turn off the heat and add pork sauce.
3. Mix the pork sauce and cooked pork well, letting the sauce reduce slightly in the pan. Keep warm.
1. In a large skillet or wok, heat oil over high heat. Add pork and garlic.
2. Crumble and brown pork for 7–9 minutes, then turn off the heat and add pork sauce.
3. Mix the pork sauce and cooked pork well, letting the sauce reduce slightly in the pan. Keep warm.
4
Prepare the noodles and bok choy
1. In a large sauce pan, boil water and cook noodles as directed.
2. Transfer noodles with tongs or a spider skimmer into the dan dan sauce.
3. Bring water back to boil and add salt.
4. Blanch the bok choy for 1 minute, then drain. Remove bok choy with tongs or a skimmer.
1. In a large sauce pan, boil water and cook noodles as directed.
2. Transfer noodles with tongs or a spider skimmer into the dan dan sauce.
3. Bring water back to boil and add salt.
4. Blanch the bok choy for 1 minute, then drain. Remove bok choy with tongs or a skimmer.
5
Putting it all together
Distribute the dan dan noodles between 4 bowls. Top each with the hot pork mixture and bok choy, then serve.
* Ground pork is safe to eat when cooked to 160°F.
Distribute the dan dan noodles between 4 bowls. Top each with the hot pork mixture and bok choy, then serve.
* Ground pork is safe to eat when cooked to 160°F.
Nutrition
- 43 g of Protein
- 8 g of Fiber