Zhajiangmian

1. Mix all the sauce ingredients and stir well.

2. Add a little more cold oil to the pot, then add star anise, Sichuan pepper, fennel, and cilantro and fry slowly over low heat until fragrant. Remove from the pan.

3. Add chopped scallions, ginger, and garlic and stir fry until fragrant.

4. Stir fry the five fat and five lean minced pork until it turns color.

5. Add dark soy sauce and color it, then add the prepared sauce and simmer over low to medium heat to create a sauce aroma.

6. Add about half a pound of water and boil until thick.

7. Finally, pour in a little water and starch, turn off the heat, sprinkle in chopped scallions and garlic, and stir well. The fried sauce is ready

8. The prepared sauce is fried.

9. Wipe cucumber and carrot into thin strips, blanch mung bean sprouts separately.

10. Put the noodles into the pot and cook them until cooked. Add some cold water and then dip them into the hot soup to prevent the noodles from sticking.

11. Put the noodles into a plate, add cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, and mung bean sprouts, and then pour over the fried sauce.

12. Finished product drawings.

13. Finished product drawings.