Pork Intestine & Oyster Mianxian
Slow soup with bonito broth! Potato and Oyster's Strongest Collaboration Noodles
Description
Taiwan's absolute soul food: extremely thin 'red mianxian' noodles simmered in a thick, bonito-flavored broth with braised pork intestines and oysters.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Red Mianxian
- Pork intestines
- Oysters
- Bonito broth
- Black vinegar
- Cilantro
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Thoroughly wash pork intestines with salt and vinegar, braise in soy sauce, star anise, and wine for over
- hour, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Rinse Taiwan's unique 'red mianxian' (steamed and dried brown somen) to remove salt.
- Boil bonito broth, add noodles, and simmer. Season with soy sauce, fried shallots, and rock sugar.
- Dissolve potato starch in water and add to the soup to thicken it strongly.
- Lightly coat small oysters in sweet potato flour, parboil briefly to make them plump.
- Serve noodles in a bowl, top with the intestines, oysters, grated garlic, black vinegar (Wu Cu), and plenty of cilantro.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Star anise(for braising intestines)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Somen (caution: gets mushy), Pre-boiled pork intestines
Pairing
Taiwan Beer and Stinky Tofu
Trivia
[Trend] A soul food eaten from morning till night at Taiwanese stalls. Eaten with a spoon as the noodles are cut short. The punch of black vinegar and garlic miraculously fuses with bonito broth.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Do not use chopsticks; use only a soup spoon to slurp the thick soup, broken noodles, and ingredients all together, the Taiwanese way!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Soy, Oysters