Today’s Garlic and Enoki Mushroom with Vermicelli recipe is popular with garlic lovers! We use garlic, enoki mushrooms, and mung bean vermicelli (also called cellophane noodles or bean threads) as ingredients. This is an easy recipe to make with simple steps. It can be served as a side dish with lunch or dinner, or as a main course. If you don’t want your lunch to be rice and some dishes, you can cook this Garlic and Enoki Mushroom with Vermicelli on its own. It’s a good option when you’re eating lunch at home alone.
Fried noodles are a traditional snack popular in both northern and southern China. Whether in the bustling streets or in formal restaurants, you will find pan-fried noodles. People use a wide variety of ingredients to cook a wide variety of fried noodles recipes. Most Chinese family lunches are a meal of rice and some stir-fry, but, if you don't want to cook rice and stir-fry at home, it's a good choice to make fried noodles. NOTE: Chinese broccoli or spinach leaves make a delicious choice for the leafy greens. For the protein, try diced Kou Rou, diced bacon, or diced ham for delicious alternatives. For a bit of spice, chop up a dried er jing tao pepper and add it with the garlic and red onion.
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.
Jing’s Braser Noodles with Bean is best made with round Chinese alkaline wheel noodles,比如担担面中使用的那种。 称为建水（枧水）温州面（字面意思是温州制造的碱性水面），这些干面需要比 Jing 的食谱中要求的新鲜中国面条煮久一点。 这些面条比拉面面条粗，而且在夏季蔬菜冷面食谱中也很管用。
建水温州面 图片来源：Glenn Emerson for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022
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Braised Noodles with Beans
Braised noodles with beans is a traditional specialty food in northern China, but it is relatively rare in southern China. When braising noodles we use steam to simmer the noodles. The noodles are spread over the beans and pork in the broth, and the hot steam soaks into the noodles while the beans and pork are braised by the liquid. When we make this dish, we use raw alkali noodles for cooking, because the alkali noodles can not only absorb the flavor of the soup better during cooking, but also ensure it is al dente. Raw noodles are used because cooked noodles will absorb more water after being cooked for a long time, which causes the noodles to become too soft, degrading the texture of the noodles.
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