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The noodles are a variety of pasta shaped son purposes, often used in soups. They are widely used in Asian cuisine (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, etc …).
The term derives from a Latin word, vermiculus, through the Italian vermicelli, worms.

In East Asia, the term rice vermicelli is often used to describe the thin rice noodles popular in China, also known as Mai Fun in Cantonese, Thai Wûns̄ên, kya zan in Burmese, and Vietnamese Bun . The term can also refer vermicelli noodles made ​​from mung bean, which is translucent when cooked, while the rice vermicelli becomes white when cooked. Mung bean vermicelli is commonly used in Chinese cooking. On the other hand, are misua vermicelli are made ​​from wheat instead of rice. Although superficially like it has a very different texture and culinary uses to other uses.

Bun Cha – meatballs and pork belly grilled

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Ingrédients :

  • 300 g of ground pork
  • 500 g of sliced ​​pork belly
  • 400 g rice vermicelli
  • 200 g green papaya
  • 1 lettuce
  • 1 garlic cloves
  • 1 red chili
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 1 bunch mint
  • 1 bunch Thai basil
  • nuoc mam sauce
  • rice vinegar
  • sugar
  • salt
  • pepper
  • water

sauce:

  • 6 tablespoons of nuoc mam
  • 6 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 18 cl of water
  • 1 clove garlic

Préparation :

Chop the onion, garlic and red chili, put them in different bowls, wash and peel the lettuce, and cut into pieces about 5 cm and book.

Cut the pork belly into pieces about 5 cm.

In a bowl put 1 tablespoon of nuoc mam sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper and half the chopped onion, mix well until the sugar is well dissolved then add the slices of pork belly and marinate 2 hours in the fridge.

In another bowl put the remaining onion, 1 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoons of fish sauce, ½ teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, mix well until the sugar is well dissolved then add the ground pork stir and marinate 2 hours in the fridge.

Prepare the sauce by putting in a bowl, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, water and garlic and stir well to dissolve sugar and refrigerate.

Peel the papaya and carrot, grated the papaya and make thin slices of ​​carrots sliced and put in a bowl and add 50 ml water and 10 tablespoons of rice vinegar and marinate in the fridge.

Prepare the noodles according to cooking instructions indicate on the package and set aside.

Shape the meatballs, chopped the same size then flatten them slightly for a homogeneous cooking.

Prepare the grill and arrange slices of pork belly and meatballs and cook 10 minutes per side.

Put in a large plate, the lettuce leaves, cilantro, the mint and the vermicelli.

Arrange the plates of the meatballs, slices of pork belly and pickled vegetables and then the individual bowls containing the sauce.

Put In the individual bowl of sauce, some vermicelli, marinated vegetables, coriander, mint and lettuce then add the meat of your choice and savor.

Tips : if you do not find green papaya, you can use a chayote or call christophine, the kohlrabi or the cucumber cut into julienne strips. You can also cook to oven, preheat oven to 180 ° C and bake for 10 minutes (5 minutes per side) for people who live in apartments.

Anecdotes : This is an emblematic dish of North Vietnam who equal the famous dish ” The Pho”, it is very appreciate of Vietnamese living in Hanoi. It can be eaten in small stalls on the pavement.

Chinese fondue with seafood

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Ingredients :

  • 2 squid
  • 300 g of prawns
  • 300 g of sea bass
  • 200 g of tenderloin of salmon
  • 200 g of rice vermicelli
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 Chinese cabbage
  • 1 bunch of chinese scallions
  • 3 L of water
  • 3 broth cubes of vegetable
  • ½ ginger
  • 2 teaspoon of salt

Garlic Sauce:

  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 10 g of chopped spring onions
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons of peanut oil

Ginger Sauce:

  • 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger chopped
  • 10 cl rice vinegar

Preparation :

Cut the flesh of the squid into 3×3 cm and then make small incisions in brace. Shell the shrimp and remove the black vein by making a small cut on the back of the shrimp. Cut the sea bass and salmon into small pieces, put them in separate plates and reserved to refrigerator.

Soak noodles in warm water for 20 minutes then drain and set aside.

Cut the Chinese cabbage and spring onions into pieces about 5 cm. Break eggs into a bowl, and reserve.

In a bowl put the soy sauce, peanut oil, garlic and chives then mix and reserve.

In another bowl put rice vinegar and minced ginger and mix then set aside.

In a saucepan heat the water over high heat and add the vegetable stock cubes and then add the ginger, salt, spring onions and Chinese cabbage and bring to boil.

Transfer in a fondue pot over medium heat to keep the simmering stock and arrange around the fondue pot the plate of fish and seafood and sauces.

When there will be more fish and squid, add the noodles in the fondue pot and pour 1 minutes after the eggs mesh then stir and serve in individual bowls.

Tips : you can replace the bar with hake and squid with a slices cuttlefish.

Cantonese fondue

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Ingredients :

  • 3 L of water
  • 3 cubes of chicken or beef
  • 100 g of soy noodles
  • 12 black mushrooms
  • 300 g oftofu
  • 200 g of beef
  • 200 g of chicken
  • 200 g of lamb
  • 200 g of cuttlefish
  • 200 g of tenderloin white fish
  • 500 g of Chinese Cabbage
  • 200 g of raw shrimp
  • 1 cup of soy sauce
  • 1 cup of oyster sauce
  • 1 bunch of Chinese scallions
  • peanut oil

Preparation :

Soak noodles in warm water for 20 minutes and drain. Do the same for the black mushrooms and cut into thick slices. Cut tofu into cubes. Reserve all.

Cut the beef meat, chicken and lamb into thin slices, and reserved to refrigerator.

incised lightly a cuttlefish and cut in half. Cut fish into small cube of 3×3 cm, and reserved all to refrigerate.

Shell shrimp, leaving tails, then make a small cut on the back of the shrimp and remove the black vein.

Chop the Chinese cabbage into thin slices and chopped chinese chives.

Heat water over high heat and add the chicken or beef cubes and bring to boil.

In a saucepan bring soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of peanut oil, then emulsify and incorporate the chopped chives and remove from heat. Do the same for oyster sauce but not incorporate the chopped chives.

Pour 1 liter of broth into the fondue pot that you put on medium heat and arrange the plates containing the noodles, vegetables, meats and seafood around and put the sauces in individual bowls.

Serve the noodles in a bowl and then accompanied the various dishes that you dip in the simmering broth and soaked in one of the sauces.

Tips : if you slice the meat yourself, it must be partially frozen for the fineness required. You are not obligated use three kinds of meat;

Anecdotes : The chinese fondue is a broth placed on the center of the table, where guests are invited to cook their own ingredients, placed in a small dip net or held with baguette.
The dishes often used in Chinese fondues are : fish and the crustaceans or other shellfish, meat into very thin slices (preferably white or mutton is also used), fish ball or meat, squid or cuttlefish cut into small pieces , vegetables (Chinese cabbage, spinach, scallions, black mushrooms, carrots, etc…). Chinese pasta preferably vermicelli of mung bean. Tofu (soybean paste fermented) in different forms. Small ravioli or various foods made from fish paste, special surimi for fondue sold in Asian supermarkets.

Shuan yang rou – Mongolian fondue

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Ingredients :

  • 200 g of leg of lamb
  • 200 g of rump
  • 200 g of chicken breast
  • 200 g of prawns
  • 100 g of shell-Jacques
  • 100 g of Chinese noodles
  • 400g of fresh black mushrooms
  • 100 g of spinach
  • 200 g of tofu
  • 1 lettuce
  • 1 Chinese cabbage
  • 2 L of water
  • 2 cubes of chicken stock
  • 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of sake
  • 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoon of sesame seed
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper

sauce with egg:

    • 3 egg
    • 3 tablespoons of chicken broth
    • 2 teaspoons of vinegar
    • 2 teaspoons of sesame seeds

Spicy sauce:

    • 2 tablespoons of chili paste
    • 2 tablespoons of chicken broth
    • 2 teaspoons of ginger chopped
    • 2 clove garlic

Preparation :

Cut the meat into thin slices. Shell the shrimp and remove the black vein by making a small cut on the back of the shrimp. Wash and clean the Saint-Jacques retaining nuts and coral and reserved to refrigerator.

Cut leaves of lettuce and Chinese cabbage into pieces about 5 cm. Cut the mushrooms into thick slices and tofu into pieces and set aside.

Soak noodles in warm water for 20 minutes, then drain and set aside.

Heat water in a saucepan over high heat, add the bouillon cubes, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sake, ginger, sesame oil, sesame seeds, sugar, salt and pepper and bring to boil.

In a bowl break the eggs add the vinegar and sesame seeds mix well then add the broth and reserve.

In another bowl put the chili paste, ginger and garlic, mix well then add the broth and reserve.

Transfer the broth in a pot on medium heat to keep the simmering stock.

Place all the ingredients, meat, noodles, vegetables, seafood and sauces, around the fondue pot.

Serve.

Anecdotes : The Mongolian fondue called ” shuan yang rou” (shuan means simmer and yang rou means mutton) is a Chinese fondue. This is a fondue served in North China and very popular in Beijing. As its name suggests, it contains mostly sheep.
The Mongolian fondue, also called ” Mongolian pot ” is a Chinese dish imported from Mongolia, and then modified. It dates back a 1000 years and was renamed under the Qing, when he was very appreciated by the imperial court. The traditional Mongolian fondue uses a breed of sheep originated in Mongolia inside “Ujumgin” . Only parts (leg of lamb, thread) suitable for Mongolian pot.
And then the Chinese have added seafood to fondue and beef were used.

 

Thai fondue

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Ingredients :

  • 2 L of water
  • 2 cubes of beef bouillon
  • 2 tablespoons of raw sticky rice
  • 1 tablespoon of nuoc mam sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of chili paste
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 250 g of vermicelli
  • 250 g of beef
  • 250 g of pork
  • 250 g of calf liver
  • 250 g of Chinese Cabbage
  • 250 g of green beans
  • 3 cm of galangal
  • 3 kaffir leaves
  • 15 onions
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 white stalks lemongrass
  • 1 bunch basil
  • 1 bunch cilantro

Preparation :

Peel and chop the shallots, garlic and white of lemongrass , put the three spices in a bowl and set aside.

Peel and chop galangal, cut into 4 pieces the kaffir leaves and reserved.

Cut the leaves of Chinese cabbage into pieces to 5 cm and chopped coarsely the spring onions then cilantro and reserved.

Cut thin slices of calf liver, pork and beef and reserved to refrigerator.

In a skillet cook the raw sticky rice over high heat, stirring occasionally, until they become dark brown, then grind in a blender and reserved.

In a saucepan heat the water over high heat then add the beef bouillon cubes, add the fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, salt and crushed sticky rice and mix.

Add the kaffir leaves and galangal in the broth and bring to boil.

Pour the broth into the fondue pot that you put on medium heat to keep the simmering stock.

Arrange the plates containing rice vermicelli, meat, cabbage, basil, cilantro, onions and then the bowl containing three spices around the pot.

Dip pieces of meat and vegetables in broth, then in the bowl with the onion, shallots and lemongrass or in the chili sauce.

Serve with a spicy sauce or dark soy sauce.

Tips : you can replace the pork with chicken and veal liver by the calf’s heart.

Lau bo – Vietnamese fondue

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Ingredients :

  • 20 cl of water
  • 20 cl of rice vinegar
  • 600 g of beef tenderloin
  • 200 g of peeled shrimp
  • 150 g of shiitake mushrooms
  • 150 g of bean sprouts
  • 1 package of rice cakes
  • 1 package of rice noodles
  • 1 can of coconut milk
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 can of pineapple
  • 2 onion
  • 1 lime
  • 1 lettuce
  • 10 g of Chinese chives
  • 10 g of parsley
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of salt

Preparation :

Soak noodles 15 minutes in cold water, then drain and set aside. Cut into 4 pieces the rice cakes.

Cut meat into thin slices. Make a small cut on the back of the shrimp and remove the black vein and put aside.

Peel carrots and cut into sticks, chopped parsley, cut the mushrooms and onion in thick slices, then Chinese spring onion of into strips 5 cm and lettuce into strips of 10 cm.

Put the onion slices over the shrimp and the beef for flavoring . The rest of onion be served in to the broth.

Boil water in a saucepan, then put the noodles to cook for 2 minutes, drain. Arrange the noodles on a presentation plate.

In a fondue pot, combine rice vinegar, sugar, salt, coconut juice, water and remaining onion.
Taste and adjust salt, sugar or vinegar, knowing that the broth should be slightly acidic, and slightly salty. If you find that the taste of vinegar is too strong, add a little water.

Drain the pineapple and cut into small pieces and then chop coarsely

Pour the contents of Mam Nem in a bowl, put the pineapple in the sauce, add the lemon juice and mix. Adjust according to your taste.

Put in the middle of the table the hot pot and the dishes containing vegetables, shrimp, meat and noodles (the fondue pot must be heated over medium heat for meal), also a bowl of hot water for soaking rice cakes.

Serve in a bowl mam nem sauce individually and use a plate for to roll the rice cake.

Place ingredients you want into the hot pot and cook for 5 minutes for shrimp, mushrooms and carrots but for beef, spring onions and Chinese vermicelli it only takes a few seconds.

Take a rice cake, soak in the bowl of warm water to rehydrate, then put on the plate, put some noodles, a salad leaf, vegetables and chunks of meat cooked on the rice cake.

Wind the rice cake, being careful not to tear and eat with the mam nem sauce.

Tips : you can replace the mam nem sauce to taste that strong enough for the sauce nuoc mam with a little chopped fresh ginger. For vegetables you can put Chinese cabbage, celery’s, tomatoes or cabbage flower according to your preference.
The Vietnamese keep the rest of soup for eat with rice vermicelli or Chinese noodles or instant noodles.

Pou ja – Thai Crab Stuffed

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Ingredients :

  • 4 medium sized crabs
  • 300 g of ground pork
  • 6 shelled shrimps
  • 100 g of soy vermicelli
  • 30 g of green onion
  • 30 g of coriander
  • 4 fragrant dried mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon of chili paste
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon of palm sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of in soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons of nuoc mam sauce
  • 2 tablespoons of lime
  • 1 teaspoon of glutamate
  • 10 g of fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 clove garlic

Preparation :

Cook the crabs in boiling water for 30 minutes then remove all the flesh, being careful not to break the shell and clean thoroughly.

Soak the soy noodles in a cold water for 15 minutes, drain and cut

Soak 15 minutes ​​the fragrant mushroom in cold water, drain well then chopped and book.

Chopped coarsely  shrimp and garlic, then chisel green onion and cilantro and set aside.

Cut the palm sugar into small pieces .

In a bowl put the crab meat, the ground pork, shrimp, green onion, cilantro, garlic, ginger, chili paste, the cornstarch, soy sauce, pepper, eggs and 2 tablespoons of nuoc mam sauce and mix everything for a homogeneous good farce.

In a bowl put 1 tablespoon of nuoc mam sauce, lemon juice, the palm sugar and stir until the sugar is well dissolved.

Stuff the shells by packing well to prevent the stuffing from falling during cooking.

Brush over the stuffing with a layer of egg yolk and bake in oven at 180 ° C for 20 minutes.

Serve hot with white rice and palm sugar sauce.

 

Tips : you can cook the stuffed crabs steamed so do not brush with egg yolk and bake for 40 minutes, and if it is with a deep fryer, crabs should be well covered by hot oil and cook 15 minutes over heat strong.

Yao Hon – Cambodian fondue

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Ingredients :

  • 500 g of rice vermicelli
  • 500 g of beef
  • 200 g of shrimp
  • 200 g of asian fish or beef balls
  • 200 g of cuttlefish
  • 200 g of water spinach
  • 100 g of mushrooms
  • 100 g of crushed peanuts
  • 1 kg of spinach
  • 2 Chinese cabbage
  • 3 bok choy
  • 75 g of sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of tamarind concentrate
  • 40 cl of coconut cream
  • 15 cl of nuoc mam sauce
  • 150 g of satay powder or paste
  • 1,5 liters of water

Preparation :

Prepare the noodles according to the instructions indicated on the package.

Cut the meat into thin slices. Shell the shrimp and make a small cut on the back of the shrimp and remove the small black vein.

Cut the fish or beef balls and bok choy in 2 pieces and 4 pieces the cuttlefish.

Cut the mushrooms into strips and water spinach and Chinese cabbage in 3.

In a saucepan pour the coconut cream and satay, mix well so that everything is well homogeneous, then add the tamarind concentrate, sugar, stir and simmer 5 minutes over medium heat.

Add 1,5 L of water, salt, fish sauce and crushed peanuts and stir and simmer 30 minutes over high heat.

Transfer a quantity of soup in serving Asian melted, then add the vegetables, meat and seafood and rice vermicelli, cook and enjoy.

Tips : you can use prawns instead of shrimps and the soya vermicelli instead of rice noodles, because it doesn’t need to be soaked in water before consumption,  you can put directly into the Cambodian melted.

Anecdotes : The khmer fondue is made ​​at major events such as : New Year, weddings, birthday, family meetings…

Cha gio – nem – pork rolls with crab

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Ingredients :
For 24 nems

  • 1/2 cup of soy vermicelli
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 6 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 250g of minced pork or sausage
  • 185 g of crab meat
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of fish sauce
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper
  • 1/2 packet of puff pastry for spring rolls or rice
  • cooking oil
  • salad leaves
  • Fresh mint leaves
  • fresh coriander leaves
  • half cucumber slices

Preparation :

Soak some vermicelli for 10 minutes in hot water, drain and cut into 2.5 cm, with a knife.

Place in bowl with onion, spring onion, pork, crab, salt, the fish sauce and pepper. Mix well.

Place the sheets of rice dough on a damp cloth. When each sheet is softened, cut into 4 pieces. Put amidst 2 teaspoons of farce.

Fold the ends toward the center and roll it so that the farce is completely trapped. Put some water on the edges so that it does not open.

When all the rolls are ready, heat oil in a wok or deep fryer and fry until they become golden. Then drain on paper towels.

Wrap each roll in a lettuce leaf with some mint and cilantro and a slice of cucumber. Serve with rice and the nuoc cham sauce.

Tips: There are many variations of traditional spring rolls, according to farce that can be used with pork, chicken, crab and shrimp. The farce of the Imperial vietnamese recipe is only seasoned with the pepper and salt, without adding soy sauce or fish sauce or spices. It includes bean sprouts and no added herbs or aromatic plant. The farce of nem is exclusively wrapped with the rice cake. Please note that the farce should never contain oyster sauce, or bamboo shoots, or ginger or curry powder or spice or mint leaves chopped or potato, and even less soy sauce. In any case, the farce not should be cooked before rolling in the rice cake! The farce is cooked during the frying of the roll.

Anecdotes : The Nem or Cha Gio is a traditional festive dishes of Vietnam. Very popular in the ancient imperial court of Vietnam, this dish is commonly known as Pâté Imperial, Imperial roll or nem in France or Spring roll and Vietnamese Spring Roll in Anglo-Saxon. Called Nem Ran in northern Vietnam, and Cha Gio in the south, where the name “nem” instead refers to pieces of pork into squares fermented (nem chua) or a skewer of pork meatballs, baked barbecue (nem nuong).

Tai Chi chao mifen – fried rice vermicelli

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Ingredients :

  • 180 g rice vermicelli
  • 30 cl of hot water
  • 1 carrot
  • 50 g of pork tenderloin
  • 30 g of dried scented mushrooms (shiitake)
  • 10 g of dried shrimp
  • 3 Chinese cabbage leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of oil
  • 2 teaspoon of light soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon of Chinese yellow wine (or Shaoxing rice wine)
  • Pepper
  • Salt

Preparation :

Soak mushrooms scented in warm water for 30 minutes and the rice noodles in cold water for several minutes.
Cut the pork into thin slices. Mix the slices with 1 tablespoon with soy sauce and yellow wine chinese. Let marinate.
Cut carrots into julienne and roughly chop the garlic.

Put 1 tablespoons of oil in a wok on medium heat, add the pork, cook for 1-2 minutes and set aside.
Put the remaining oil in wok, add the dried shrimp, the mushrooms scented, garlic and carrots then add 1 teaspoon of the Chinese yellow wine and soy sauce. Mix for about 2 minutes.
Increase the fire and put hot water in the wok, add the noodles softened, then the Chinese cabbage leaves. Cover the wok and cook until the evaporation of water, stir regularly during cooking. It is necessary that the noodles are “al dente”.
Add salt and pepper and serve.

Fing pork – pork with noodles and chilli

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Ingredients :

  • 1 package of chinese noodles
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and cut into wedges
  • 1 tomato
  • 110 g of butter
  • 700 g of pork shoulder, cubed
  • 1/2 cup o water
  • 3 green chillies, seeded and julienned
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Préparation :

Soften noodles in a bowl of boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and cut every 15 cm. Coarsely chop the onion, then reserved.
Coarsely chop tomatoes.
Melt butter in large saucepan, add onion, tomato, pork, and water, then let simmer over low heat 30 minutes.

Add the noodles, chilies, salt and pepper and simmer about 10 minutes.

Serve hot.

Kogi Mandou – Beef Ravioli

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Ingredients :

For 8 at 10 raviolis

  • 60 g of ground beef
  • 150 g of tofu
  • 100 g of mung bean sprouts
  • 130 g dried Chinese noodles
  • 70 g of ground pork
  • 1 small zucchini
  • 2-3 Shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon of chopped chives
  • 1 teaspoon of minced garlic
  • pepper
  • sesame oil
  • salt

For the dough:

  • 200 g flour
  • 1 egg white
  • a pinch of salt
  • 10 ml oil
  • 1/2 glass of water

Preparation of the stuffing :

Put tofu in wet gauze, close and squeeze well to drain the tofu water.

Boil Chinese noodles and cut them into pieces about 1.5 cm.
Blanch the mung bean sprouts, then let them cool and drain. Cut into pieces likechinese noodles. Chop the zucchini and mushrooms.

Put everything in a bowl, add the ground beef and pork, for the farce,
add the onions, garlic, sesame oil, salt and pepper, one egg or more if necessary, the mixture should give a paste.

Preparing the dough:

Put in a bowl the flour, oil, water, salt and egg white and then knead and wrap in cellophane and refrigerate about 1 hour.

Sprinkle flour the work surface so that the dough does not stick. Cut dough into small pieces 3 × 3 cm each, flatten finely each piece into round shape. The thickness should be about 3 mm, and diameter of about 8 cm.

Preparation of Mandou:

Place some farce in the center of the circles of dough, not too much or the doughwill break.
Moisten the edges of the circle, then fold dough in half, pressing edges to glue them and get a crescent shape.
Then roll the Mandou, then press firmly again to paste. Leave Mandou on floured surface to prevent them sticking.

Place in a steamer basket on baking paper, cook about 10 minutes the Mandou, or made fry in a pan with a little oil.

Serve with sauce and rice.

Tips : Generally we eat the Mandou with a sauce made of soy sauce, sesame oil and chili powder.

Anecdotes : This Korean recipe is much eaten in winter, but also during Seollal (lunar new year). This recipe is fun to make in family, for example children can participate in manufacturing of dough. The Mandou has its China origins.