炸酱面 - Minced Pork Source for Noodles

As I have mentioned in my profile, I usually cook things that is quick and simple.

So usually when I make Home Made Noodle, I will also prepared this "short cut" version of 炸酱 Minced Pork Source to go along with it. With the help of a can food which most Chinese eat with plain porridge to cut down the preparation time.

What you need

Minced pork 300g - 400g
Pork mince with bean paste (Narcissus Brand) 香菇肉酱 (水仙花牌)
1/2 a carrot
1 Japanese cucumber
3 clove Garlic, peel and cut
2 small Onion, peel and cut
2-3 stalk spring onion, cut in about 3cm

Others
pepper, sesame oil, 1 table spoon of light soy source - to marinate the pork

2 tablespoon of oyster source
1 tablespoon of sweet dark source


Method

Cut carrot and cucumber into thin long strips and set aside
Heat up about 2 tablespoon of oil and fried the small onion, when small onion turn slightly soft, add in the garlic.
Fried until both the garlic and small onion turn fragrance, pour in all the marinated minced pork
Fried the pork for about 4-5mins until the pork turn light pink, add in the Pork mince with bean paste directly from the can.
Do not add in any water, continue to cook the minced pork for another 5 mins
Add in the oyster source and sweet dark source, stire well and let the meat sit in the pot/wok for another 5mins before serving

To serve

Take the amount of cooked Home made noodle you want and place them into a serving bowl.
scoop a generous amount of the 炸酱onto the noodle
Add the carrot and cucumber and spring onion at last.*
Serve it hot

Note

If you like it spicy, you may add some red cut chili while cooking the source
As the 炸酱is the main ingredients, we need to be generous while serving them on the noodle
You may also increase the quantity of the minced pork
You may also like to add in leek as one of the ingredients while cooking the 炸酱