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- From: rhorn@infinet (Rob Horn)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chinese spaghetti
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- Date: 27 Feb 87 08:50:42 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHINESE-SPAGH M "1 Aug 86" 1987
- .RZ "CHINESE SPAGHETTI" "The original Chinese spaghetti"
- This recipe is an interesting variation from the usual restaraunt chinese
- food. When I learned this dish, I realized that this was the origin of the
- Italian pasta dishes. It still serves as a reminder that there is a huge
- variety of Northern Chinese dishes that use wheat-based starches instead of
- rice.
- .IH "serves 6\-8"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "bean sprouts" "250 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "peas" "30 g"
- (fresh or frozen) per person
- .IG "1" "cucumber"
- .IG "3" "eggs"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "green onions," "25 g"
- chopped
- .IG "1 cup" "Chinese noodles" "100 g"
- (or linguine) per person.
- .IG "1 lb" "lean pork or beef," "500 g"
- chopped into small pieces
- .IG "1 tsp" "crushed ginger" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "green onion" "5 g"
- finely chopped
- .IG "\(12 cup" "chicken broth" "12 cl"
- .IG "5 Tbsp" "sweet bean sauce" "75 ml"
- or hoisin sauce
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "soy sauce" "50 ml"
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "Chinese rice wine" "15 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "sugar" "5 g"
- (omit if hoisin sauce was used)
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "MSG" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "sesame seed oil" "15 ml"
- .PH "(SAUCE)"
- To prepare the meat sauce:
- .SK 1
- Heat
- .AB "3 Tbsp" "50 ml"
- oil in wok, brown the ginger and green onion, then add meat
- and brown together.
- .SK 2
- Mix together the bean (or hoisin) and soy sauces, add this
- mixture to the meat, and stir fry briefly. Then add
- rice wine, sugar, MSG, and sesame oil.
- .SK 3
- Add the chicken broth and simmer for about 3 minutes, until the sauce
- becomes thick and shiny. Put mixture in a serving bowl and set aside.
- .PH "(GARNISHES)"
- .SK 1
- Boil bean sprouts for 1 minute, drain, and put in serving bowl.
- .SK 2
- Warm peas and put in a serving bowl.
- .SK 3
- Cut cucumber into very fine strips, or grate. Place in serving bowl.
- .SK 4
- Scramble eggs, fry into very thin pancakes, and cut into thin strips.
- .PH "(TO SERVE)"
- .SK 1
- Cook noodles in boiling water for 3 minutes; drain. If
- you are preparing this dish ahead, rinse with cold water, drain, and
- add
- .AB "1 Tbsp" "15 ml"
- sesame seed oil and mix well.
- .SK 2
- Serve about
- .AG "1 cup" "100 g"
- hot or cold noodles in a bowl, then add the garnishes and meat sauce
- to taste.
- .NX
- This dish can be prepared a day ahead and served cold. The selection
- of vegetables in the garnish is pretty arbitrary. All kinds of
- vegetable combinations are good. The only rule is that they should
- all be cut into thin strips.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- 1\-2 hours (lots of preparation, little cooking).
- .I Precision:
- Measure the sauce ingredients.
- .WR
- Rob Horn
- Infinet, North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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