Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables

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Homemade Chinese noodles (Liáng miàn) with Summer Vegetables

Speaking of summer, the first thing we think of is escaping the heat. We want to cool off. What can you think of except ice cream and a cool breeze? Do you want to eat a bowl of warm noodles on a hot summer day? The answer is, of course, no. But what should you do when you really want to eat noodles? Cold noodles with summer vegetables is a popular option in China. So, today we will make a northern Chinese cold noodle dish called Liáng miàn that can be eaten in summer. No hot soup, nor hot noodles.

Time required:

  • Preparation time: 7 minutes
  • Cooking time: 8 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients for Chinese cold noodles with summer vegetables:

  • 150 grams (5 1/4 ounces) of alkaline noodles (also called Ramen noodles)
  • Half a carrot
  • Half a cucumber
  • 2 scallions
  • Peanuts
  • 2 cloves of garlic
Ingredients for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
Fresh summer vegetables, peanuts, and noodles

Seasonings :

  • 2 tablespoons soybean oil
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon mild chili powder
  • 1 spoon of Chile Paste (I use Lao Gan Ma Chili Black Bean Sauce)
  • 1 spoon of sesame oil

Preparing the vegetables and sauce:

  1. Julienne the carrots and cucumbers.
    Julienne-cut carrot and cucumber for for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  2. Chop the scallions and garlic.
    Chopped scallions and garlic for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  3. Use a wok to heat the soybean oil until it just starts to smoke. Then remove the oil from the heat so as not to burn the oil. The hot oil will bring out the flavor of the garlic, scallions, and chili powder.
  4. Make the sauce: Put the scallions and minced garlic in a bowl, add chili powder, pour in the heated soybean oil, and stir well. Then add light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and chili paste to the bowl. Stir well.
    Mix the hot oil with the scallions, garlic and chili powder for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen Add soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, and oyster sauce for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen

Cooking the noodles and carrots:

The noodles are cooked, and then cooled. The carrots are blanched.

  1. Put water in a wok or saucepan and bring it to boil, then add the noodles.
    boil the noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  2. When the noodles are cooked, strain the noodles from the hot water and transfer them to a bowl of cold water to cool them.
    cool the cooked noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  3. Put fresh water in the pan, bring it to a boil, and add the shredded carrots. Cook the carrots for 1 minute, then remove.
    Blanch the carrots for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  4. Strain the noodles from the cold water and place them in a serving bowl. Then add the cooked carrots, the cucumber, and the peanuts to the noodles. Finally, add the prepared sauce.
    Add carrots, cucumber, and peanuts to the strained noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  5. Stir the ingredients together well and serve.
    Add the sauce and stir for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen

Notes:

  • When heating the oil, stop heating when you see white smoke from the oil.
  • Take care not to get scalded by the hot oil.
  • No need for a spicy taste, because we need to be cool, not hot.
  • This homemade Chinese noodle recipe uses wheat-based alkaline noodles, more commonly known in the West by their Japanese name: Ramen noodles.
  • If you think the taste is weak, you can add salt in an appropriate amount.
Oyster sauce for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
Laoganma brand Chili Oil with Black Beans
oyster sauce for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
Laoganma brand Chili Oil with Black Beans
Jing's recipe for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen

Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables

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Do you want to eat a bowl of warm noodles on a hot summer day? The answer is, of course, no. But what should you do when you really want to eat noodles? So, today we will make a northern Chinese cold noodle dish called Liáng miàn that can be eaten in summer.
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Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese Home Cooking
Servings 1 servings
Calories 1023 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 150 grams alkali noodles (ramen)
  • ½ carrot
  • ½ cucumber
  • 2 scallions
  • peanuts (to taste)
  • 2 cloves garlic

Seasoning

Instructions
 

Preparing the vegetables and sauce:

  • Julienne the carrots and cucumbers.
    ½ carrot, ½ cucumber
    Julienne-cut carrot and cucumber for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Chop the scallions and garlic.
    2 scallions, 2 cloves garlic
    Chopped scallions and garlic for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Use a wok to heat the soybean oil until it just starts to smoke. Then remove the oil from the heat so as not to burn the oil.
  • Make the sauce: Put the scallions and minced garlic in a bowl, add chili powder, pour in the heated soybean oil, and stir well.
    2 scallions, 2 cloves garlic, 2 teaspoons Chinese chili powder, 2 tablespoons peanut oil, soybean oil, canola oil, or vegetable oil
    Mix the hot oil with the scallions, garlic and chili powder for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Then add light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and chili paste to the bowl. Stir well.
    1 tablespoon Baoning vinegar, 1 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil, 1 teaspoon Laoganma chili oil with black bean paste
    Add soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, and chili paste for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen

Cooking the noodles and carrots:

  • Put water in a wok or saucepan and bring it to boil, then add the noodles.
    150 grams alkali noodles (ramen)
    boil the noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • When the noodles are cooked, strain the noodles from the hot water and transfer them to a bowl of cold water to cool them.
    cool the cooked noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Put fresh water in the pan, bring it to a boil, and add the shredded carrots. Blanch the carrots for 1 minute, then remove.
    ½ carrot
    Blanch the carrots for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Strain the noodles from the cold water and place them in a serving bowl. Then add the cooked carrots, the cucumber, and the peanuts to the noodles.
    ½ carrot, ½ cucumber, peanuts, 150 grams alkali noodles (ramen)
    Add carrots, cucumber, and peanuts to the strained noodles for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Finally, add the prepared sauce.
    Add the sauce and stir for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen
  • Stir the ingredients together well and serve.
    Jing's recipe for Cold Noodles with Summer Vegetables, My Chinese Home Kitchen

Notes

  • When heating the oil, stop heating when you see white smoke from the oil.
  • Take care not to get scalded by the hot oil.
  • No need for a spicy taste, because we need to be cool, not hot.
  • The noodles are wheat-based alkaline noodles, more commonly known in the West by their Japanese name: Ramen noodles.
  • If you think the taste is weak, you can add salt in an appropriate amount.

    • Nutrition

    Calories: 1023kcalCarbohydrates: 109gProtein: 19gFat: 58gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 21gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 3612mgPotassium: 751mgFiber: 8gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 6647IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 8mg
    Keyword alkali noodles, carrots, chili powder (gan die), Chinese cold noodles, cucumber, garlic, laoganma chili oil with black bean, oil, sesame, oil, soybean, peanuts, ramen noodles, scallions, soy sauce, light
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