Easy Ants Climbing a Tree (Glass Noodles with Pork and Mushrooms)

Name: Easy Ants Climbing a Tree (Glass Noodles with Pork and Mushrooms)
Total time: 600 s
Yield: Serves 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bowl pork and mushroom sauce; 3 bundles glass noodles (mung bean vermicelli); Cilantro, to taste; 1/2 cup water (120 ml); 7 oz ground pork (200 grams); 3 shiitake mushrooms; 3 cloves garlic; 3 green onions; 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce (120 ml); 1/2 cup mushroom soaking water (120 ml); 2 tablespoons rice wine; 1 tablespoon mirin; Five-spice powder, to taste; White pepper, to taste

凱茜媽咪の廚房 @Kathy_kitchen

Using leftover pork and mushroom sauce from the fridge, you can quickly make this delicious dish. 'Ants Climbing a Tree' is a classic Sichuan dish from China, featuring ground pork stir-fried with glass noodles and seasoned with spicy bean paste. The name comes from the way the ground pork looks on the noodles, resembling ants climbing on branches.

凱茜媽咪の廚房 @Kathy_kitchen

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Ingredients

10 minutes

Serves 3 servings

1 bowlpork and mushroom sauce
3 bundlesglass noodles (mung bean vermicelli)
Cilantro, to taste
1/2 cupwater (120 ml)
[Pork and Mushroom Sauce]
7 ozground pork (200 grams)
3shiitake mushrooms
3 clovesgarlic
3green onions
1/2 cuplow-sodium soy sauce (120 ml)
1/2 cupmushroom soaking water (120 ml)
2 tablespoonsrice wine
1 tablespoonmirin
Five-spice powder, to taste
White pepper, to taste

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Steps

10 minutes

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Combine leftover pork and mushroom sauce with glass noodles for a quick and tasty meal.
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Gather all the ingredients.
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Soak the glass noodles in cold water until softened, then drain and set aside.
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Heat the pork and mushroom sauce in a pan, add 1/2 cup water, and bring to a boil.
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Add the softened glass noodles to the pan, stir well, and let the noodles absorb the sauce.
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Sprinkle with chopped cilantro or green onions, and toss with chopsticks to mix.
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Serve immediately and enjoy this quick and delicious dish.
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[Tips]
* This recipe is a non-spicy version of Ants Climbing a Tree. You can adjust the seasonings as you like.
* For extra flavor, add some spicy bean paste.
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[How to make Pork and Mushroom Sauce]
Prepare minced garlic and chopped green onions. Heat a pan with oil, sauté the garlic until fragrant, add the ground pork and stir-fry until it breaks apart. Add rice wine and cook until the pork is half done. Then add soy sauce, mirin, white pepper, five-spice powder, and the mushroom soaking water. Simmer for 30 minutes, then add the chopped green onions at the end.