Rice Noodles with Creamy Sesame Sauce and Peanut Aromatic Meat

How to prepare rice noodles with creamy sesame sauce and peanut aromatic meat

1. Start with preparing the sauce. In a mortar, crush the garlic cloves well with salt until they become a paste. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Adjust salt to taste. Let it sit until needed, it actually gets better if it sits. Can be prepared ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
2. For the meat, heat a pan/wok as wide as possible (at least 28-30cm) very well. Add the oil and then the ginger. Just stir it in the oil, then immediately add the meat. Continue cooking the meat over high heat, stirring constantly and pressing on the meat to break it into the smallest pieces possible (to avoid large lumps). While stirring, sprinkle salt and grind black pepper. Sauté like this until the meat browns nicely, then add the soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, Chinese spice and 1/4 teaspoon of chili (optional; if you like very spicy food). Continue to sauté until the meat looks dark in color, another 30 seconds or so.
   * the meat can also be prepared ahead and stored in the refrigerator; reheat before using
3. Crush the peanuts in a mortar until slightly crumbled. Mix with the meat.
4. When you want to serve, you just need to cook the noodles. Bring plenty of salted water to a boil. When boiling, add the noodles (they usually come portioned in 50-65g bundles; I used 2 bundles of 65g). Cover, boil for 2-3 minutes, then turn off the heat. Let the noodles finish cooking in the hot water for another 5 minutes. In the last minute, add the spinach to the pot and stir. Leave covered until the 5 minutes are up.
6. Add 2-3 tablespoons of the hot water from the noodles over the creamy sauce and mix well (the sauce should be thin, not thick/sticky).
   
7. Drain the noodles with spinach well, put them back in the hot pot and add the creamy sauce over them. Mix well until combined. Be sure to taste for salt.
   
8. Place about 1/4 of the peanut meat at the bottom of two wide bowls. Then divide the noodles between the two bowls. Sprinkle the remaining ground meat with peanuts on top. Garnish with green onion if desired. Serve immediately.
   

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