Ma-Jiang Mian 麻醬麵 (peanut sesame noodles)

Music by New Pornographers- "Mass Romantic"
Music by Spoon "The Delicate Place" Ma-Jiang Mian 麻醬麵
(serves 1 Just double or tripple amount for more)

-1 heaping tablespoon peanut butter 花生醬
-1 teaspoon sesame oil 香油
-1 tablespoon soy sauce 醬油
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar 醋
- 1/2 teaspoon chili oil 辣椒油
- 1 tablespoon water 水
- 2 teaspoons sugar 白糖
- 1 teaspoon sesame paste 芝麻醬
- 1 portion of noodles 面条
- 3 pieces of lettuce chopped large 生菜
- 1 green onion, finely chopped 葱

Directions:
- Begin boiling your water. (cook noodles according to package directions)
- Add peanut butter, soy sauce and sesame oil and mix completely through.
- Add vinegar, chili oil, and water and mix completely through.
- Add sugar and sesame paste and mix thoroughly.
- While water is boiling, quickly blanche (1-1/12 minutes) lettuce and remove.
- Add noodles, lettuce, Ma-Jiang sauce, about 1 tablespoon of noodle water and chopped green onion. Mix well and you'll see it thicken!
- Eat with chopsticks so you feel super cool and accomplished! Enjoy!

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• 麻醬麵 peanut sesame noodles
• taiwanese chinese sauce

[trent8002003]

Simple yet so bloody damn delicious. Food from heaven!

[brittanyleeful]

@trent8002003 Agreed! Thanks for the spoken words of wisdom :)

[TheFoodTour]

Does it serve cold or warm pls?

[brittanyleeful]

@TheFoodTour You could eat it both ways. A lot of the time you could get it and eat it at room temperature. This is a dish that tastes great either way so it's your choice!

[hetlir]

Cooking lettuce... you've been in Taiwan too long :D

[brittanyleeful]

@hetlir hahahaha You hit the nail on the head!

[TheFoodTour]

@brittanyleeful Oic, thx~

[ethankegley]

@brittanyleeful coolness. Basically there is light ma jiang and dark ma jiang... I only know 3 places in Taipei that serve the dark kind, most places serve something like you made:) so good job:)

[brittanyleeful]

@ethankegley

These were the ingredients to her recipe but the measurements were much different. To be honest, I don't remember. However, I added the sesame oil and water on my own accord. I think she found the recipe either off the internet or in a cook book. She's Taiwanese. I will ask her if it's authentic. It does seem that there's many different variations of this sauce. This is pretty close tasting to the one I eat at near my house in Taichung.

[ethankegley]

what was your friend's recipe?