Shanghai Zha Jiang noodles

Ingredients:

• 500 g Shanghai noodle (I cooked 450 gm)
• 2 tbsp sweet bean sauce (more if you prefer stronger taste)
• 500 g minced pork (I added marinade, see below)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water (I used Campbell’s salt-reduced chicken stock)
• 1 carrot, thinly shredded
• 1 cucumber, thinly shredded
• chopped spring onions for garnish

Marinade:

• 2 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp Shaoxing wine
• pepper, to taste

Method:

1. Heat a wok or frying pan with oil. Add pork mince (Note: I mixed it with marinade for 15 minutes before stir frying.) and stir fry until brown. Add ginger and garlic and stir fry together with the pork mince until fragrant.
2. Add sweet bean sauce, dark soy sauce and mix until combined.
3. Add 1/2 cup of water/chicken stock, bring to a boil and then lower heat to a slow simmer until sauce is thicken. Add sugar to taste.
4. Cook the noodle according to packet instructions. Drain and put into four individual serving bowls.
5. Divide pork mince into 4 equal portions and pour on the noodle.
6. Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and garnish with shredded carrots and cucumber.
7. Serve immediately.

Zha jiang mian--one of the most famous Chinese noodles

Zha jiang mian (炸酱面, literally "fried sauce noodles", often transliterated as "Za Jiang Mein") is a northern Chinese dish consisting of thick wheat noodles topped with a mixture of ground pork stir-fried with Zha jiang (炸酱), which is salty fermented soybean paste.

In Beijing cuisine, yellow soybean paste with soy sauce(黄酱; pinyin: huáng jiàng, literally yellow sauce) is used, while in Tianjin and other parts of China sweet bean sauce (甜面酱; pinyin: tián miàn jiàng), hoisin sauce (海鲜酱; pinyin: hǎi xiān jiàng), or dou ban jiang (豆瓣酱; pinyin: dòu bàn jiàng) may be used in place of the yellow soybean paste. In the cuisines of Beijing, Tianjin, and northeastern China, the soybean paste is stir fried and oil is not used.[citation needed]
Some Chinese restaurants may refer to zha jiang mian as "brown meat sauce noodles," "noodles with fried bean and meat sauce," or the pinyin transliteration zha jiang mian.

Last, persenting a video for make the Zha jiang mian. If anyone interessted in it. Have a look and try it at home. Hope you have a successful experience on it.