Quick & Easy Shanghai Fried Noodles
Chewy noodles stir fried in a savory sauce with pork, cabbage, green onions and mushrooms! These quick and easy Shanghai fried noodles are a perfect easy weeknight meal or main dish. A restaurant-quality meal in 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh wheat noodles or sub with udon noodles
- ½ lb pork loin or sub with pork belly
- 3 cups Napa cabbage chopped
- ½ cup shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 1 cup green onions sliced into 1 inch long pieces
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Pork marinade:
- 2 teaspoon regular soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or sub with Dry Sherry
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
Noodle sauce:
- 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar or sub with rice vinegar
- ½ tablespoon Shaoxing wine or sub with Dry Sherry
- 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil optional
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ cup chicken stock unsalted
Instructions
- Thinly slice pork loin into 1 cm wide pieces. Transfer sliced pork into a medium bowl.
- Marinade sliced pork with Marinade ingredients as listed above. Marinate pork for 20 minutes at room temperature.
- In a small bowl, combine noodle sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- In large pan filled with boiling hot water, blanch noodles for 2 minutes until Al dente and strain immediately. Do not overcook. Rinse under running cold water to remove any residual starch. Shake out any excess water.
- In a large pan or wok on medium high heat, add vegetable oil. Once oil is hot, add garlic and marinated pork. Fry until pork is about 75% cooked.
- Add cabbage, green onions and mushrooms. Stir-fry until wilted.
- Add cooked noodles and noodle sauce. Toss until noodles are coated in sauce and most of sauce has evaporated, a couple of minutes. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 546kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 1136mg | Potassium: 824mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 432IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 6mg