Sichuan

Malatang

Name: Malatang
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 2 tsp sichuan peppercorn; 8 dried red chilli; 2 tbsp doubanjiang; 5 cloves sliced garlic; 1 inch sliced ginger; 1 star anise; 1 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 6 cups vegetable stock (vegetable broth); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sugar; Salt, to taste; 1 thin slices potato; Lotus stem (lotus root), thin slices; Firm tofu, firm, cubes; Button mushroom, halved; Sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles), soaked; Bok choy (pak choi), halved; 2 tbsp chinese sesame paste; 2 tsp chinkiang black vinegar; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); a handful coriander leaves (cilantro)

Pick your vegetables, drop them in a numbing red broth, and slurp. Street food that warms you to your toes.

40 minTime

21 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

523kcal

21 gprotein

10 gfibre

40minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Sichuan peppercorn2 tsp

Dried red chilli8

Doubanjiang2 tbsp

Garlic5 cloves, sliced

Ginger2.5 cm, sliced

Star anise1

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)1

Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)6 cups

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Sugar1 tsp

Saltto taste

Potato1, thin slices

Lotus stem (lotus root)thin slices

Firm tofufirm, cubes

Button mushroomhalved

Sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles)soaked

Bok choy (pak choi)halved

Chinese sesame paste2 tbsp

Chinkiang black vinegar2 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Method

6 steps

1Soak the glass noodles in warm water for 20 minutes.
2Heat the oil in a large pot on low. Fry the peppercorns and chillies for 1 minute, then add the doubanjiang, garlic and ginger and fry 2 minutes.
3Add the star anise, bay leaf, stock, soy sauce, sugar and salt. Boil 10 minutes.
4Add the potato and lotus stem and cook 6 minutes. Add the tofu and mushrooms for 3 minutes, then the noodles and bok choy for 2 minutes.
5Thin the sesame paste with a ladle of broth and stir in the black vinegar.
6Ladle everything into bowls, stir in the sesame sauce and top with spring onion and coriander.

Serve it like this

Serve in a big bowl with the vegetables arranged in clusters on top of the noodles, sesame sauce swirled through.

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