How to Prepare Perfect Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Shredded Daikon

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Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Shredded Daikon. For these vegan dan dan noodles, I've mixed finely chopped button mushrooms and celery and stir fried the mixture until tender and almost caramelized. The texture is so similar to ground meat you will find it hard to believe you are actually eating vegetables! So there weren't any tough to find.

I can see that eating healthy is not just a fad.

These vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Chinese five-spice and Tahini sauce are the perfect dinner for a cold night in.

In Sichuan province, if you were to order dan dan noodles at a restaurant, the noodles would be swimming in a pool of red oil.

You can cook Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Shredded Daikon using 23 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Shredded Daikon

It’s 2 of portions Chinese-style noodles.
Prepare of Mock mincemeat ingredients:.
It’s 20 grams of ★Kiriboshi daikon.
Prepare 4 small of ★Dried shiitake mushrooms.
You need 5 cm of ★The white part of a Japanese leek.
It’s 1 tbsp of ★Sesame oil.
You need 1 dash of ★Soy sauce.
Prepare of Soup:.
Prepare 300 of to 400 ml ◎Broth made from the dried shredded daikon and dehydrated shiitake mushroom.
You need 1/8 of ◎Onion.
It’s 1 small of piece ◎Ginger.
It’s of Soup seasonings:.
You need 1 tbsp of ◆Sesame paste.
You need 1 of to 2 tablespoons ◆Miso.
Prepare 1 tsp of ◆Doubanjiang.
Prepare 1 tbsp of ♦Sake or mirin.
Prepare 1 tbsp of ◆Soy sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of ◆Vinegar.
It’s 1 of ◆Ground sesame seeds.
Prepare of Toppings.
Prepare 1/3 of packet Bean sprouts.
Prepare 1 of Any greens or vegetables of your choice.
It’s 1 of Green onions or radish sprouts.

My version is much more bearable for anyone who didn't grow up eating scorching food for every meal, while still maintaining the deep spicy flavor.

Dan Dan noodles have a distinct sesame taste from the Chinese sesame paste, which is similar to Tahini but with a more bold toasted flavour.

These noodles get their spice from the chili oil that is drizzled all over the noodles.

For this recipe, we're using Mountain Rose Herbs Smoked Chili Flakes.

Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles with Shredded Daikon instructions

Prepare the mock mincemeat ingredients. Loosen the dried shredded daikon. Quickly rinse the dried shredded daikon and dried shiitake mushrooms, and soak in water..
When they are rehydrated, finely chop them. Finely chop the Japanese leek as well..
Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan, add the dried shiitake mushrooms, dried shredded daikon and Japanese leek in that order, and stir-fry slowly..
When the dried shredded daikon has shrunk and everything has separated, season with soy sauce. Your mock mincemeat is ready..
Start boiling water to cook the noodles and vegetables. When it has come to a boil, boil the bean sprouts and other topping vegetables..
Make the soup. Combine the broth from the dried shredded daikon and dried shiitake mushrooms and chopped onion in a pot, and turn on the heat..
When it comes to a boil, add the grated ginger, have a taste and season with the ♦ ingredients. Dont reduce the soup too much!.
Boil the noodles and transfer to a serving bowl. Add the topping vegetables from Step 5, mock meat from Step 4 and pour over the soup from Step 7. Sprinkle with chopped green onions or daikon sprouts, and its done!.
Once the noodles are gone, add some rice into the soup. Its delicious..

The soup is thicker than the usual clear noodle soups, and the creamy colour is from the sesame paste (or tahini) and chilli paste.

A well balanced vegan dan dan noodles using healthy shiitake mushrooms and red bell pepper.

Summer has just gone but the whether is I received lots of comment seeking for vegan friendly or vegetarian friendly recipes, so I will test and present a series of vegan friendly Sichuan dishes.

The vegetarian tofu/mushroom topping sounds totally awesome.

I do lots of meatless lunches, too… edamame or egg for protein….