# How to Make Lao You Pork Rice Noodles

![Example dish](老友猪肉粉.jpg)

Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★

## Essential Ingredients and Tools

- Rice noodles
- Pork
- Sour bamboo shoots
- Chopped chili peppers
- Fermented black beans
- Garlic
- Cooking wine
- Light soy sauce
- White sugar
- Rice vinegar
- Salt
- Oil
- Cornstarch
- Pepper powder

## Quantities

Per serving:

- Rice noodles (250g; remember to soak them in warm water at 50°C for half an hour)
- Pork (50g)
- Sour bamboo shoots (50g)
- Chopped chili peppers (15g; adjust amount to personal preference after chopping)
- Fermented black beans (30g)
- Garlic (10g)
- Cooking wine (10-20ml)
- Light soy sauce (15ml)
- White sugar (5g; omit if you do not prefer sweetness)
- Rice vinegar (5ml)
- Salt (5g)
- Oil (15ml)
- Cornstarch (15g)
- Pepper powder (10g)

## Instructions

- Place all the pork in a bowl and season with cooking wine, salt, light soy sauce, cornstarch, and pepper powder. Set aside.
- Heat a wok without oil, add all the sour bamboo shoots, and stir-fry until the moisture evaporates. Create a space in the center of the dried sour bamboo shoots.
- Add 10-15ml of cooking oil, all the garlic, chopped chili peppers, and fermented black beans into the center of the dried sour bamboo shoots. Stir-fry everything in the center until fragrant.
- Add all the seasoned pork. Continue to add 10ml of light soy sauce and stir-fry for one minute.
- Add 5ml of rice vinegar, 10ml of light soy sauce, and 450ml of water. Bring to a boil.
- Once the water boils, add the soaked rice noodles and continue to cook for 3 minutes before serving.

## Additional Notes

- Remember that the rice noodles must be soaked beforehand for the best taste; unsoaked noodles will be difficult to eat!

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