Dinner · 30 min · chinese

Dan Dan Noodles

A Chinese dinner built around wheat noodles and ground pork — on the table in 30 minutes. Each serving lands at 560 calories with 24g of protein, so it eats like a much heavier meal. Leftovers keep well, so it doubles as next-day lunch without any extra work.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 12 oz Wheat noodles
• 3/4 lb Ground pork
• 1/3 cup Tahini
• 2 tbsp Chili oil
• 4 Bok choy
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tsp Sichuan pepper

Steps

1. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil for the noodles and bok choy.
2. Brown the ground pork in a skillet over high heat, breaking it fine, until crisp at the edges, about 6 minutes.
3. Stir in the toasted, ground sichuan pepper in the last minute — it should smell citrusy and numbing.
4. Whisk the tahini with the chili oil, soy sauce, and 1/4 cup of hot noodle water into a pourable sauce.
5. Blanch the bok choy 2 minutes until bright green; lift out with tongs.
6. Boil the noodles until just tender; reserve a cup of the starchy water.
7. Toss the noodles with the tahini sauce, loosening with splashes of noodle water until silky.
8. Top each bowl with pork, bok choy, and an extra drizzle of chili oil.

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