How to Cook Rice Noodles with Pork
By Dan Lin
ESL 0200
Do you like Chinese food? Do you know how to cook Chinese food? That will be a positive for first question and negative for the second question if you ask American people these questions. They often go to Chinese restaurants because the food tastes good. Here, I will teach you how to cook rice noodles with pork. That’s my favorite Chinese food. It’s easy to do and just takes half an hour. Chinese people like to cook noodles on someone’s birthday to wish him or her long life. You could do it for your family, too.
Before you cook, you should have the following ingredients: a wok, a large pot to boil the noodles in, 10 oz. of rice noodles, 4 tenderloin pork chops, 6 oz. of cabbage, an onion, stock, and flour. Also you should prepare a pork marinade, which includes 2 tbs. of ginger juice, 2 tbs. of soy sauce, 3 tbs. of sugar, 2 stalks of pepper, a cup of sesame oil, and 1 cup of wine. It serves three people.
First, you should wash the pork chops and keep them clean and drain off the water. Then, mix them well with pork marinade and marinate for more than half an hour. During the half an hour, you could do many things such as wash the cabbage and boil it in boiling water until cooked.
After half an hour, you could remove the sauce; dab flour with scalding water, and heat oil in the wok to deep-fry noodles until both sides turn golden yellow. Then, scoop them out and remove the oil.
Afterward you should boil the Shanghai thin noodles in water until cooked. Then put the noodles in cold water. After that, bring the stock to a boil and boil the noodles for a while. Then, scoop them out and place them in a bowl. Then, add a dash of hot oil and mix well. Later, you could place the cabbage and pork chops on the noodles. Last, pour stock and sprinkle onions over each serving.
Now, you know how to cook rice noodles with pork. It’s easy to do and does not take much time. It’s delicious. But remember don’t cut the noodles too short, because noodles have a special meaning for Chinese people. The noodles symbolize long life and good health. Be sure cook the rice noodles with pork for the members of your family.