Sesame Noodles With Pepper Pear Sauce
From lumpy1 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 2
Do not go to an american market and pay $4 for a lttle glass jar containing 15 cents worth of spice. i wont stand by and let my cooking friends become victims of price gouging that has been going on as long as i can remember. Read more (and im not that young). get a 16oz bottle of roasted sesame seeds as pictued at a korean grocery store. or message me with your address and i will mail them, or just dont use them. the piloncillo sugar cone as pictured is available at a mexican market. to use- open at the fat end on the bottom of the cone and take a paring knife and scrape against along the top as peeling a potato. if that seems dangerous place it against a cutting board and scape in that manner. practice first or have that ready in the preparation. you can substitute with turbinado sugar or brown sugar. i am only asking you not to skimp on the sesame oil. use only good quality korean sesame oil such as the one pictured. its 10 or 12 dollars. i make this when i can get pears and peppers out of the markdown produce racks so it is still very frugal to make. chicken filet on the side is optional. See less
Ingredients
- oil in deep fryer and 2 breaded quick frozen chicken filets, optional shopping list
- 2 quarts cold water in stainless steel pot shopping list
- quick cooking chinese noodles(3 minute,they come in little blocks, use 1 to start with), sustitute with vermicelli shopping list
- 2 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds shopping list
- korean sesame oil, 2 Tbs for skillet, plus 1/4 cup for cooked noodles shopping list
- 4 banana peppers, halved, deseeded, cut into chunks shopping list
- 5 firm bosc pears, washed, cored, and cut into chunks shopping list
- 6-8 pieces candied ginger, cut into small pieces about 1/4" shopping list
- 2 dried red peppers, crushed shopping list
- 1/4 cup golden raisons shopping list
- 1/2 cup cashews shopping list
- scraped piloncillo(also called panela), or substitute turbinado, or light brown sugar, about 1/4 cup shopping list
- 3 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar shopping list
How to make it
- Turn on the deep fryer if you have one.
- start the water boiling for the noodles.
- meanwhile in a 10" cast iron skillet heat the 2 tablespoons sesame oil. add the banana pepper chucks. saute 4 minutes. add the pear chunks, ginger pieces, crushed red pepper, golden raisons, cashews and saute a couple more minutes. scrape the sugar over the top (or add the measured and prepared sugar), add the seasoned rice vinegar. stir fry gently to make a glaze without mashing your pears. the least cooked the better. you cant under cook it, but its possible to overcook it.
- cook the optional chicken filets in the fryer or by other means before your pear sauce is complete. it may be necessary to cook them in advance and then reheat them.
- at some time when the water boils throw the noodles in to cook. cook 3 minutes(7 for vermicelli). drain. put them back into the pot in which you boiled them and coat them with the roasted sesame seed and the 1/4 cup of sesame oil.
- to serve place a scoop of noodles in the center of a dinner plate. put a few spoonfulls of pepper pear sauce over the top, and place a golden brown chicken fillet along side.
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Boy, does this ever sound different and delicious! first of all, love the pear sauce, it sounds amazing! Second, great tips on how to use that piloncillo sugar cone! Overall, a very well written recipe, thanks for sharing it!
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