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Make Chef Tracy’s spicy hand-pulled noodles at home!

kit comes with:

-noodle dough

-umami XO sauce

-pulled pork

-noodle sauce (sherry vinegar, soy, mushroom broth, sesame oil)

-scallion

-fried shallots

HOW TO?

1. Clean countertop surface well, ideally a stainless or stone countertop. Allow for ample room to stretch the dough to your arm span’s length. Dough should be in packet, at room temperature prior to starting.

2. Heat a medium pot of water to a boil. Prepare a medium mixing bowl for noodles. Prepare a colander in the sink to strain cooked noodles.

3. Using clean kitchen shears, cut through noodle packet by cutting through dough in 1/3, landscape orientation.

4. Of this 1/3 portion, cut around the plastic to carefully release the dough from the packaging. DO NOT allow dough to double over. It is very important that you keep the dough relaxed vs. letting it stick to itself, double over, or having to “work” the dough at all. You should never have to knead the dough.

5. Orient the 1/3 portion of dough portrait style and using a bench scraper or a knife, divide the dough evenly in 5 pieces. The pieces should be approximately 2” x 6” like a stick of chewing gum. Make sure pieces are well separated.

6. Take one piece and use 3-4 fingers at a time to flatten the dough. Then using thumb and forefinger on either end of the dough, gently and swiftly stretch the dough to about 3ft long. Press down on the ends of the noodle you just created so it sticks to the table surface.

7. Repeat with the other pieces of dough and line up the noodle strands so they are easy to peel off later, to toss in the boiling water.

8. Once all the noodles are formed, the water should be boiling, and you can one by one, drop the noodles in the boiling water. Stir with chopsticks after adding them all to the pot, so they don’t stick to the bottom. Cook for 1.5-2 minutes until they are “al dente” or “QQ” as we say in Taiwan. They should have a toothsome bite.

9. Strain noodles in colander then move to mixing bowl.

10. Add noodle sauce, umami XO sauce, scallion, crispy shallots and mix well.

11. Move to serving dish and enjoy warm.