
Akasaka Szechwan Restaurant's Traditional Staff-Meal Napolitan
A staff-meal Napolitan taught by Kentaro Chen of Akasaka Szechwan Restaurant. The key is to make the sauce first: briefly stir-fry grated garlic, ginger, and doubanjiang to bring out their aroma, then build depth with tomato, ketchup, butter, and oyster sauce. The pasta is boiled longer than usual in well-salted water and then chilled, a make-ahead method that seasons the noodles themselves before they are stir-fried with the other ingredients. Chinese cooking technique shows through at every step.
INGREDIENTS
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INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions
Boil the pasta. Add 10-15 g of salt per 1 L of water, boil longer than usual, then rinse in cold water and set aside. Seasoning the noodles well helps the sauce cling to them.
2:52~15 minCut the ingredients. Slice 1/4 onion 2-3 mm thick, and cut the green bell pepper so it isn't too thin, to keep its texture.
3:41~3 minSlice the mushrooms thickly so their texture comes through. Maitake, shiitake, or any mushroom you like also works.
4:53~2 minCut the tomato roughly into cubes, since it goes into the sauce. Cut the wiener sausages into bite-sized pieces as well.
5:25~2 minMake the sauce. Put the grated garlic, grated ginger, and doubanjiang in a frying pan and stir-fry briefly to draw out the aroma and depth of flavor.
6:40~2 minAdd the tomato and cook it through for a fresh note. Then add the ketchup and stir-fry together.
7:41~3 minAdd butter, then season with sugar, white pepper, and oyster sauce to finish the sauce. Taste and check the balance of heat and umami.
7:51~3 minMelt butter in a separate frying pan and stir-fry the onion to bring out its sweetness and aroma.
10:07~3 minAdd the wiener sausages and stir-fry, then add the mushrooms and green bell pepper. Cook the pepper lightly enough that it could almost be raw, to keep its texture.
10:31~3 minSeason the ingredients with just a little salt and pepper.
11:18~1 minAdd the pre-boiled noodles and stir-fry, tossing them with the other ingredients.
11:34~2 minAdd the sauce you made earlier and blend everything together, tossing to emulsify rather than stir-frying. Plate and finish with grated Parmesan cheese.
11:55~3 min
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