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Shanghai Pan-fried Noodles
Photo: Tina Dawson

Shanghai Pan-fried Noodles

15 ingredients 7 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

997
Calories
47g
Protein
34g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Sesame Seed 1 tbsp (9g) 52
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ½ pound Chinese wheat flour noodles
  • ½ cup cold water
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
  • ½ pound pork tenderloin
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 scallion, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 9 tablespoons oil
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 head celery cabbage, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1½ teaspoons cornstarch, dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 bunch washed spinach leaves
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • red wine vinegar to taste

Directions

1

Drop noodles into boiling water. Cook about 4 minutes. Add ½ cup of cold water. Bring to boil 1 minute. Rinse with cold running water. Drain. Mix with sesame seed oil. Set aside.

2

Cut pork crosswise and julienne. Mix with 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce and cornstarch. Stir-fry scallion and pork in 2 tablespoons heated oil until meat changes colour. Add 1 tablespoon light soy sauce and sugar. Remove. Keep pork warm.

3

In clean wok, stir-fry cabbage in 2 tablespoons heated oil 2 minutes. Remove. Wipe out wok.

4

Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in wok. Add noodles. Do not stir. Let noodles brown on bottom (about 5 minutes). Turn noodle cake over. Brown other side in same manner. Remove to warm platter.

5

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in wok. Add pork and cabbage. Add dark soy sauce. Stir-fry until thoroughly heated. Thicken with dissolved cornstarch. Pour over noodles. Wipe out wok.

6

Heat 1 tablespoon oil to smoking hot in wok. Wilt spinach. Add salt. Stir-fry quickly 10 seconds.

7

Arrange spinach around mound of covered noodles. Serve with red wine vinegar.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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