Chongqing Hot and Sour Glass Noodles (Suan La Fen 酸辣粉) | Something Spicy🌶️

Today we will make Chongqing hot and sour glass noodles for the first time! Also known as suan la fen (酸辣粉) in Chinese, they are sweet potato noodles in a spicy and sour soup topped off with fresh coriander, spring onions, peanuts, soybeans, and pickled vegetables (zha cai). This dish is spicy, hot, sour, and savoury. What more can you ask for? This is part of our ''Something Spicy'' series, where we explore different spicy foods.

🌶️Timestamps:
00:00​ Intro
00:41 Ingredients
01:25 Cooking
03:53 Taste test

🌶️Original recipe:
https://thewoksoflife.com/suan-la-fen...

🌶️Ingredients:
6 tbsp roasted soybeans (or roasted peanuts)
400g dried sweet potato noodles
1L low sodium stock (chicken, pork, or vegetable stock)
2 slices ginger (minced)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
2 tsp Sichuan chili flakes (or to taste; can substitute regular pepper flakes)
4 tbsp vegetable oil
4 tbsp Chinese black vinegar (or to taste)
4 tbsp light soy sauce (or to taste)
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp Sichuan peppercorn powder
0.5 tsp white pepper
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp chili oil (or to taste; you can use our homemade chili oil, or any Lao Gan Ma chili sauce)
0.5 cup pickled mustard stems (zha cai; or any other pickled vegetable)
2 scallions (finely chopped)
2 tbsp cilantro (chopped; or to taste)

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