hi hello everyone! Wesley here. Today we’re adding to our Bay Area Restaurant Hack series with a request from the Oakland subreddit for the “Spicy Sauce Noodles” from Good to Eat Dumplings in Oakland. As far as I can tell, Good to Eat’s “Spicy Sauce Noodle” dish is essentially a simplified, pantry friendly version of a sesame paste noodle dish called Dan Dan Mian.

A dan dan mian is a VERY popular Sichuan noodle dish here in the states (and we actually did a peanut sauce version a few months back on this channel already), but what makes Good to Eat’s version so unique is that it does not contain any meat whatsoever. In lieu of the more traditional ground pork, their version instead features crispy fried shallots with a fresh green onion finish. This makes for a super minimalist, pantry friendly, yet tasty and hearty dish that’s great to throw together for a quick meal. Hope you try it.

It will be out on Friday April 9, 2021, so bookmark the recipe here, and be sure to subscribe and hit the bell on YouTube to get notified when it’s out!

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