Ingredients:
Pork
- 1 packet rice noodles, any variety
- 500g minced pork
- 3 tablespoons of chopped garlic
- equivalent amount of ginger
- 2-3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
- pinch of salt
- one cucumber, sliced into strips
- 1-2 long, red bell peppers, sliced into strips
- 1 small onion
- oil
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter, smooth
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 3 teaspoons white sesame seeds
- 1-1.5 teaspoon chilli flakes
- 1-2 teaspoons sichuanese pepper, crushed in mortar & pestle
- dash of water
Method:
Pork
- cook rice noodles as instructed on the package
- in a frying pan heat oil, add ginger and garlic and once fragrant – add the onion
- Add pork and fry until it changes colour, add dark soy sauce and then tip in the vegetables
- Season with salt and fry until the vegetables soften, but retain some texture
Sauce:
- mix together sesame, crushed sichuanese pepper and sesame in a small container
- heat about three tablesoons of oil and fry the garlic briefly, then add the ingredients above and fry together, set aside
- in a bowl mix toghether peanut butter, soy sauce and sugar, once combined add the dry ingredients
- adjust the consitency with water
Serve the pasta, mixed with the pork and generous helpings of the sauce.