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Foodfest 2020: Taiwan danzai noodle recipe

Illustration of a bowl of brown soup and a round mushroom and some white long pieces and two green leaves.
Danzai noodle
Photo by Hannah Manalang

Ingredients:

1 packet noodles (Chinese slightly thick, wheat-based)

6 large shrimp with shell

1 cup dried small shrimp

1 cup dried mushroom

1 pound ground pork

1 cup cooking alcohol

1 cup water

½ cup soy sauce

½ cup oyster sauce

½ cup cugar

1 tbsp five-spice powder

½ cup sesame oil

1 teaspoon salt

3 garlic cloves, smashed

½ cup onion crisps

½ cup bean sprouts

½ cup veggies

3 eggs, boiled and soaked in soy sauce overnight

Instructions:

Use a deep frying pan to saute garlic and onion in sesame oil for one minute.

Add shrimp carefully and stir for two minutes.

Add cooking alcohol, water, soy sauce, oyster sauce and all other ingredients except for the noodles, bean sprouts and vegetables.

Stir slowly on low heat for three minutes.

Add noodles, bean sprouts, vegetables and prepped boiled eggs.

Simmer for five minutes, stirring regularly.

Serve hot in a bowl. Enjoy.

Watch the Taiwan Club make danzai noodle on BYU–Hawaii's YouTube here.