Sweet, spicy and addictive
Do you want to delight yourself with these sweet as well as spicy noodles with pork? Well, follow the recipe step by step. “Spicy-Sweet Sambal Pork Noodles” by Chef Chris Morocco and in less than an hour... Voila! You will be able to savor this explosive delicacy.
Ingredients (for 6-8 people)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 900 grams of minced pork
- A piece of fresh ginger, peeled and cut into thin strips or minced.
- 8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 2 sprigs of basil (and another to serve)
- ⅓ cup hot chili sauce (sambal oelek)
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup plain rice vinegar
- 700 grams of fresh ramen noodles or 500 grams of dried spaghetti
- coarse sea salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
**Preparation: **
1.Heat the oil in a large pot. Add half of the pork to the pot, separating it into 6-8 large chunks with a wooden spoon. Leave her in the fire without stirring, until well browned on bottom, about 5 minutes. Turn it over and repeat the same process, turning it occasionally until the pieces are browned, for about 5 more minutes. Add the ginger, garlic, sugar and the rest of the pork to the pot and, while it is being done, he sees it breaking into little pieces; well others 5 minutes, until almost cooked.
Add the tomato sauce and two sprigs of basil. Leave the ingredients on the fire for about 2 minutes, until the sauce darkens, stirring occasionally. Add the chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar and 2 cups of water. let boil over low heat, uncovered and stirring from time to time, until sauce thickens slightly and the flavors have merged (30-45 minutes).
If you can find them, use fresh ramen noodles.
2.Just before making the sauce, put the noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water, making sure they don't stick until there is one minute left before they are al dente.
3.Using tweezers, Add the noodles to the pot of sauce along with the butter and a little of the pasta cooking broth. Over low heat, stir from time to time until the sauce starts to stick to the noodles, It will take a minute or so. Remove basil sprigs.
4. Serve the noodles on the plates and don't forget to decorate them with some basil leaves. And to eat!
Recipe originally published on Bon Appétit.