Grandma’s Zha Jiang Mien (aka Chinese Spaghetti)
My grandmother’s Zha Jiang Mien was my favorite food growing up. Now, I make it for my own kids and they love it.
Servings Prep Time
12-16servings 45minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
90minutes 60minutes
Servings Prep Time
12-16servings 45minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
90minutes 60minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tbs of oil in a large pan. add 2 cloves of crushed garlic and 1 teaspoons of crushed ginger. Then add carrots and cook until just starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Add in the bamboo, shitake mushrooms, and bean curd and cook another 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
  2. Heat the other tablespoon of oil in a dutch oven. When hot, add 2 cloves of crushed garlic, 1 teaspoons of crushed ginger, and 2/3 of the chopped green onions and cook for 1 minute. Then, add the ground pork and cook until brown. Add the sweet bean sauce and hot bean sauce and combine.
  3. Transfer the diced vegetables over into the dutch oven and combine. Add in the cornstarch and fill the dutch oven with the shitake mushroom liquid or water until you cover all of the contents. Combine well. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down to low and simmer with lid on for at least 30 minutes.
  4. Cook noodles according to package instructions. Put noodles in serving bowl and top with a healthy amount of sauce and some of the liquid to coat the noodles. Use the remaining uncooked green onions and julienned cucumbers as a garnish.