Pork and Noodle Soup with Shiitake and Snow Cabbage

Ingredients for Pork and Noodle Soup with Shiitake and Snow Cabbage

• 45g medium-size dried shiitake mushrooms (dried forest mushrooms)

• 240ml cold water

• 1450ml low-salt chicken broth

• 2 (1-inch-diameter 1/8-inch-thick slices) peeled fresh ginger

• 450g fresh Shanghai noodles

• 45ml peanut oil or vegetable oil, divided

• 350g pork butt, trimmed, cut into 2-inch-long matchstick-size strips

• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine) or dry Sherry

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

• 1 (180g) can preserved snow cabbage, well drained

• 240ml drained canned bamboo shoot strips (most of one 230g can)

• 3/4 teaspoons sugar

How to make Pork and Noodle Soup with Shiitake and Snow Cabbage

Place shiitake mushrooms in medium bowl. Add 240ml cold water; let soak until soft, about 1 hour. Drain, reserving soaking liquid. Squeeze mushrooms dry. Cut off stems; discard. Thinly slice caps.

Combine broth, ginger, and reserved mushroom liquid in large saucepan; bring to boil. Cover and reduce heat to low.

Boil noodles in salted water until tender but still firm to bite, about 3 minutes. Drain; divide among 6 bowls.

Heat 14-inch-diameter flat-bottomed wok or heavy 12-inch-diameter skillet over high heat until drop of water evaporates on contact. Add 2 tablespoons oil, then pork, spreading evenly. Cook without stirring 20 seconds; then stir-fry pork until no longer pink, about 2 minutes. Stir in rice wine and soy sauce. Transfer to plate.

Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to same wok (do not clean) over high heat. Add mushrooms; stir-fry 1 minute. Add snow cabbage, bamboo shoot strips, and sugar; stir-fry 30 seconds. Stir in pork and any accumulated juices. Stir-fry 1 minute. Top noodles with pork mixture. Divide hot broth among bowls.

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