Minced Pork Noodles
This post may contain affiliate links.Noodles with Minced Pork is the perfect dish to whip up in no time! Topped with juicy minced pork, savory seasonings, and perfectly cooked noodles, this dish is a deliciously comforting meal for any day of the week. Let’s get cooking!
Skip the takeout—this is the easiest homemade noodle dish you’ll ever make! Think of it as Chow Mein’s laid-back cousin: all the satisfying flavors without the wok-tossing hustle.
With just pantry staples and endless topping options like Crispy Pork Belly, Char Siu Roast Pork, Pork Jerky or Crispy Fried Chicken), you’re about 15 minutes away from restaurant-quality noodles right in your kitchen.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
Ground Pork – The best part of pork to use is the shoulder or collar part. It has quite enough fat in it but not too much fat. You can ask the butcher to grind them for you or you can toss it in your food processor at home or just buy the ground meat at the grocery store.
Mushroom – Any mushroom is fine, but I find that shitake mushroom is the most suitable with this recipe. If you use the dried shitake mushroom, soak it until it is soft enough to slice.
Noodles – Any kinds of noodles is fine. There are dried noodles or wet noodles available in grocery store. Just pay attention to the cooking instructions on the package.
Oil – use lard for the best option for the noodles. Oil will help disperse the sauce evenly throughout the cooked noodles.
Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below
How to Make Minced Pork Noodles
STEP 1. Soak the dry shitake mushrooms until soft (Image 1). Slice them to pieces (Image 2). Heat some oil in a wok. Put in the minced garlic. Stir fry until the color turns golden (Image 3). Transfer the ground pork into the pan (Image 4).
STEP 2. Stir fry until the meat changes color (Image 5). Put in the mushroom (Image 6). Pour in seasonings and wine (Image 7). Add a cup of water for more broth (Image 8). Let it cook for 10 minutes until fragrant. Transfer to a container.
STEP 3. In a bowl, mix lard, fish sauce, pepper, and mushroom powder (Image 9). Boil water in a pot, put in the vegetables (Image 10). Take out and set aside. Next, put in the noodles (Image 11). Boil for a minute or two, drain the water (Image 12).
STEP 4. Transfer the boiled noodles into the mixing bowl (Image 13). Mix well with chopsticks. Transfer the noodles to a serving bowl. Add the vegetables, minced pork, green onion, and pork cracklings (Images 14, 15, 16). Enjoy your minced pork noodles!
Pro Tips
- Mix the cooked noodles with the sauce in a separate bowl so when you serve it, the noodles look clean.
- Put a pinch of MSG or mushroom powder to add umami flavor to the noodles.
- Add a tablespoon of the minced pork broth into the noodles. It adds more flavor.
How to Serve
Serve this minced pork noodles with Fried or boiled Wontons, Deep-fried Meatballs, Pork Shumai or Shrimp Balls. They are perfect companion for noodles.
Finish with Oolong Milk Tea or Assam Milk Tea to finish the palate.
FAQs for Noodles with Minced Pork
Noodles with minced pork is a savory and flavorful noodles with minced pork for topping. It is seasoned with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sometimes sesame oil and pepper. Noodle topping that uses ground pork is very familiar in Jakarta and Asian countries.
Any noodles can be used, dried noodles or wet noodles are fine as long as you read the cooking instructions.
Other than ground pork, you can use ground chicken meat, beef or even turkey.
Chili oil or sesame oil can be added to this dish.
Storing and Reheating
Ground pork for noodle topping can be frozen in the freezer or chilled in the chiller. If you put it in the chiller, it can stay for up to 1 week, while frozen it can be kept to one month. Reheat on a pan with low to medium heat.
Noodles with Minced Pork
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg ground pork
- 3-4 shitake mushroom sliced
- 4 minced garlic
Sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp white wine
- 1 tbsp red wine
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp mushroom powder
Noodles
- 8 packs dried noodles
- 2 stalks mustard green
Sauce
- 2 tbsp oil lard or chicken oil
- 1 tsp fish sauce or soy sauce
- 1/8 tsp mushroom powder or MSG (this is optional)
Instructions
- First, heat some oil in a wok. Put in the minced garlic. Stir fry until the color turns golden.
- Put in the mushroom and ground pork, stir fry until it is fragrant and a little bit pale.
- Pour in the sauce mixture. Add some water (1-2 cups). Let it boil for 10 minutes.
- Taste it then you can turn off the stove and put the ground pork noodle topping in a container. Set aside.
- Boil a pot of water.
- While waiting, you can prepare the sauce for the noodles. Add oil, fish sauce, pepper to a bowl.
- Cut some vegetables, put in the vegetables into the boiling water. Cook for 2 minutes. Sieve. Set aside. Put in the noodles, cook for 2 minutes (remember to check the cooking instructions). Drain the water.
- Put in the cooked noodles in the bowl with sauce. Stir well until the sauce is dispersed thoroughly. Transfer to a serving bowl.
- Set the vegetables at the side of the noodles. Add minced pork on the top. Sprinkle some leeks on top.
- Enjoy your noodles!
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Notes
- Mix the cooked noodles with the sauce in a separate bowl so when you serve it, the noodles look clean.
- Put a pinch of MSG or mushroom powder to add umami flavor to the noodles.
I love this dish for its simplicity and flavor! It is also very versatile and you can pair it with rice or other types of noodles.