Chinese Gravy Noodles
Chinese Gravy Noodles
Da lu mian, also known as Chinese gravy noodles, is northern Chinese comfort food that is unfamiliar to most people outside of China. The gravy sauce is tomato based, using dried ingredients such as lily flowers, shiitake, and wood ear mushrooms to add an unami flavor. The original recipe had little pork and no shrimp, since the concept was to use the cheapest ingredients that you had in your pantry. This version is a little more suped-up and luxurious with the copious amounts of protein. You can also make this dish vegan by omitting the pork and shrimp. Lastly, the gravy is served over shanxi noodles, which is the Chinese equivalent of fettuccine.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs shanxi flat noodles prepared according to package directions
- 1 cup dried lily flower
- 1/2 cup dried wood ear mushrooms
- 10 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 lb pork sirloin thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
Gravy
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 28 oz canned diced tomatoes
- 4 green onions chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger minced
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Rehydrate the mushrooms and lily flowers in hot water for 60 minutes. Save 2 cups of the water from the lily flowers. Drain the water from the mushrooms and slice.
- Marinate the shrimp and the sliced pork in the cooking wine, cornstarch, and salt for 30 minutes.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the mushrooms and lily flowers for 1 minute.
- Add in the ginger and green onions. Sauté for 1 minute.
- Add in the canned tomato. Sauté for 1 minute,
- Pour in the chicken stock, lily flower water, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add the shrimp and pork. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Make a slurry with the cornstarch and water. Whisk the slurry into the gravy to thicken. Drizzle the sesame oil over the gravy.
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