Dish · chinese
Dan Dan Noodles
Wheat noodles topped with ground pork, chili oil, sesame paste, and numbing sichuan peppercorns, stirred together at the table.
Where it comes from
The dish takes its name from the shoulder pole, or dan dan, that street vendors in Chengdu once used to carry noodles and sauce in two baskets for sale.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over a soupy noodle in broth, closer to the Sichuan original, versus a brothless noodle tossed with sauce pooled at the bottom, the more common restaurant style abroad.
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