Szechuan Noodles With Spicy Veggie Sauce Food

SZECHUAN NOODLES

Steps:

• Place the garlic and ginger in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the vegetable oil, tahini, peanut butter, soy sauce, sherry, sherry vinegar, honey, chili oil, sesame oil, and ground peppers. Puree the sauce.
• Add a splash of oil to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook the spaghetti al dente. Drain the pasta in a colander, place it in a large bowl, and while still warm, toss with 3/4 of the sauce. Add the red and yellow bell peppers and scallions; toss well. Serve warm or at room temperature. The remaining sauce may be added, as needed, to moisten the pasta.

SZECHUAN NOODLES WITH SPICY VEGGIE SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown veggie crumbles in oil in a large skillet, about 3 minutes; set aside and keep warm.
• Cook stir fry vegetables as directed on package. Set aside.
• If not using the frozen stir fry vegetables, saute cut vegetables for about 5-10 minutes, or until desired doneness. Set aside and keep warm.
• Pour sesame oil in pan and heat till hot. Saute onion, garlic, ginger and red pepper in hot sesame oil until tender.
• Combine cornstarch and vegetable broth, whisking until smooth.
• Stir broth mixture, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce into onion mixture.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
• Stir in veggie crumbles and cooked vegetables.
• Toss with hot cooked pasta, and sprinkle with sliced green onions. This is also good with brown rice.

SZECHUAN NOODLES WITH SPICY BEEF SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a large skillet, stirring until it crumbles; drain and keep warm.
• Pour sesame oil in pan and heat till hot. Saute onion and next 4 ingredients hot sesame oil until tender.
• Combine cornstarch and beef broth, whisking until smooth.
• Stir broth mixture, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce into onion mixture.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
• Stir in ground beef.
• Toss with hot cooked pasta, and sprinkle with sliced green onions.
• Yield: 4 servings.

SPICY SICHUAN NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat a wok or heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the peppercorns and stir-fry for about 5 minutes until they brown slightly and start to smoke. Remove them from the heat and allow them to cool, then grind them. Set aside.
• Combine the pork, 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce and 1 teaspoon of the salt and mix well. Heat a wok or skillet, add the oil and when the oil is hot, deep-fry the pork, stirring it with a spatula to break up the pieces. When the pork is crispy, about four minutes, remove it with a slotted spoon and drain it on paper towels.
• Pour off all but two tablespoons of the oil. Put a pot containing 3 to 4 quarts of water on the stove and bring to a boil.
• Reheat the wok with the remaining oil and stir-fry the garlic, ginger and scallions for 30 seconds, then add the sesame paste, the remaining soy sauce and salt, the chili oil and chicken stock. Simmer for four minutes. Return the pork to the pan and stir.
• Cook the noodles in the boiling water two minutes if they are fresh, five minutes if they are dried (if using spaghetti, cook according to package directions). Drain in a colander. Transfer them to a serving bowl or individual bowls. Ladle on the sauce and top with the fried pork mixture. Sprinkle with the ground Sichuan peppercorns and serve.

SZECHUAN NOODLES

Steps:

• Cook noodles as directed on the package. Drain.
• Mix all remaining ingredients together until well mixed. It may help to heat for a minute in the microwave.
• Mix noodles and sauce.
• Serve warm, but these also taste great cold.

SZECHUAN SPAGHETTI (NOODLES WITH SPICY MEAT SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp oil in wok to 275°F.
• Stir-fry ginger and scallion 1 minute.
• Turn up heat to 425F, and add the meat.
• Stir-fry 3 minutes.
• Add sherry and soy sauce.
• Cook 1 minute, and remove from wok.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in wok to 275°F.
• Add bean sauce, hoisin sauce, and sugar.
• Stir-fry 2 minutes.
• Add chili paste, water chestnuts, preserved vegetables, mushrooms, and bamboo.
• Stir-fry 2 minutes.
• Add pork and chicken stock.
• Cook 5 minutes at 250°F.
• Put noodles into boiling water, and cook uncovered 3-5 minutes.
• Drain, and rinse with cold water, then with hot water.
• Mix with sesame seed oil.
• Arrange noodles on platter, and pour meat mixture over them.
• Serve in individual bowls, adding 1 tsp soy sauce& 1 tsp sesame seed oil to each bowl.