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Wuhan-inspired Hot and Dry Noodles (Re Gan Mian )

One of my favourite pastimes is grocery shopping, especially at t he Asian supermarkets where I can spend along time just looking t hrough all the different sauces, condiments, snacks and instant noodles imported fromevery part of Asia one can think of. It pleases me to see that a growing number of local Aus tralians (or non-

Asians) have started becoming more adventurous in their grocery shopping. Just last weekend, we spotted ablonde-haired teenage girl stuffing her trolley with 24 packets of Korean Jjajangmyun! I hope she wasn't planning to

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cook everything and bring it for a Korean-themed potluck dinner.

I recently discovered a new variety of instant noodles called Wuhan Hot and Dry Noodles , manufactured by aChinese company named "Gofar". I have never heard of nor tried actual Wuhan Hot and Dry Noodles before, andso I was curious to find out what was so special about it. The noodles come with 3 sachets of sauces - soysauce, chilli sauce and sesame paste. There is als o a sachet of dehydrated vegetables that you cook together with the noodles. The sauces are then mixed together with the cooked noodles with a li ttle water, which makes anice little gravy that sits at the bottom of the bowl under the noodles. I was pleasantly surprised at how good ittasted (for instant noodles) because it had a nutty flavour from the ses ame paste (tastes a little li ke peanut butter!)and a "gritty" chilli paste which added some heat and texture to the noodles.

And so, as I often do with new food discoveries, I decided to replicate these noodles using similar ingredients (seerecipe below) and it turned out pretty well! The main ingredient is sesame paste (I bought it from the Asiansupermarket, and I s uppose you could use tahini too), c hilli oil, s oy s auce and scallions. The addition of groundSichuan peppercorns gives it a slight s moky flavour that seems to make the dis h taste more authentic, in myopinion.

If you google Wuhan Hot and Dry Noodles (which is literally translated from the Chinese name "Re Gan Mian"),there appears to be a little st ory surrounding the origins of these noodles.

In 1930s or so, there was a person from Wuhan who made a living by selling bean noodles and noodles in soup.One day, worried that the noodles left over would go bad, he fished out the cooked noodles, spread them over thechopping board, and accidentally pushed down the sauce boat with sesame oil. As a result, the noodles werecovered with the sesame oil. The next day, he scalded the almost cook ed noodles in boiled water for a while,fished them out into a bowl, and mixed them with shallot and other condiments. The noodles turned out to beextremely tasty and savory. In this way, the man invented the hot dry noodles now well-known all over China by accident. [Source: Cultural China ]

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Here is my version of Re Gan Mian: Wuhan Hot and Dry NoodlesMakes 1 serving

Ingredients120g (4 oz) fresh Shanghai noodles (La Mien)1 scallion/spring onion, finely c hopped1 cabbage leaf (optional)3 inch carrot, julienned or diced (optional)1 tsp sesame oil, extra1/2 tsp toasted ses ame seeds (optional)1/4 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorns (or to taste) Sauce:1 tbsp Chinese sesame paste1 tsp light soy sauce1 tsp dark soy sauce3/4 tsp Chinese black vinegar (or to taste)1/2 tsp sugar

A pinch of salt, to taste1 tsp sesame oil1 tsp chilli oil (or to taste)1/3 cup hot water 1 tsp Tean's crispy prawn chilli (or subs titute with XO sauce or other chilli paste if you prefer)

Method

1. Bring a large pot of water together with a 1/2 tsp salt to the boil. Blanch the cabbage leaf for 2 minutes or until tender. Remove and dice into s hort strips. Next, blanch the carrots (or you can mic rowave the carrotsin a bowl with 1 tbsp hot water until cooked) in the same pot and remove with a strainer. Place in a bowland set aside.

2. Place noodles in the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes or until just cooked.

3. In the meantime, combine the sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well until diss olved.
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Posted by Fern @ To Food With Love at 7:08 PM

Labels: Asian , Pasta and Noodles , Spicy

4. Once noodles are cooked, remove them with a pair of tongs or strainer. Rins e the noodles with cold runningtap water to remove excess starch. Dip noodles briefly in the same pot of hot water just to reheat thenoodles. Remove the noodles and place them in a shallow serving bowl. Add 1 tsp sesame oil and toss tocoat. Pour the sauce mixture over the noodles and sprinkle with Sichuan pepper. Toss for half a minuteuntil the noodles are well-coated in the sauce. The sauce will gradually start to thick en. Garnish withtoasted sesame s eeds, chopped scallions, c abbage and carrots. Serve immediately.

12 comments:mycookinghut said...

Looks really delicous! Wish I could have this for lunch!

26/4/12 20:41

WendyinKK @ Table for 2..... or more said...

wow, replicating something to taste like from the pack is not eas y.and it really looks like what is shown on the bag!

26/4/12 22:33

Mel said...

The presentation of your noodles look s imple but with all that sauce ingredients in it, this mus t be a tastynoodles.

27/4/12 11:35

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

your replicated version of this noodles look really delicious!

27/4/12 20:26

Quay Po Cooks said...

I would to try this noodles, in fact I am a noodle person. I would love to try any kind of noodles. You a great job at replicatin g.

28/4/12 10:52

Fern @ To Food With Love said...

Thanks everyone.... I really appreciate all your comments!

28/4/12 15:04

Nami | Just One Cookbook said...

Oh Fern, this noodle looks s o delicious! How do you take all these pictures s o deliciously?!?! Good jobreplicating the flavor!

28/4/12 17:28

Fern @ To Food With Love said...

Thanks Nami.

28/4/12 23:02

Jeanette said...

Love how you replicated the flavorings for these noodles .

30/4/12 21:56

Sunday Morning Banana Pa ncakes said...

Mmmm these noodles look am azing, I bet yours were way better than the packaged one

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Ola said...

so colorful!Exactly the type of food I would like to eat:)

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lena said...

never done replicating something from the pack..you replicate, i copy from you! btw, i've tried your okayadon..ilike it and made it 2 times, thanks for sharing..i think next i will try your katsudon chicken

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