Chilled Noodle with Sesame Peanut Pork

Chilled noodle with pork - new recipe from 'Harumi's Japanese Home Cook' book, it works & was pretty easy:-



Ingredients (serves 4):-
500g boneless pork
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon dry sherry (I replaced with sake)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
100g cucumber
salt (to taste)
potato starch / cornstarch - for dusting
600g ready to cook egg noodles
groun toasted sesame seeds to garnish (optional, I skipped this)

Dressing:-
50ml soy sauce
1.5 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp rice vinegar (I use mirin instead)
1 tbsp sesame paste / unsweetened peanut butter
little granulated chicken stock powder with 2 tbsp hot water

Methods:-
1. Cut pork into 8 slices & lightly score each slice on both sides, marinate in soy sauce, sake, sesame oil & little salt (I was surprised with how little marinate sauce it was for 500g pork, but the small amount worked, trust the recipe)
2. Slice the cucumber diagonally into thin slices, remove the watery centre. Keep in the refrigerator, I like it cold :)
3. Mix dressing ingredients together. I used peanut butter because sesame paste are not that common & versatile. The peanut butter doesn't dissolve fully but tasted fine anyway ;)
4. Heat oil in pan. Dust pork slices with potato starch & fry until cooked through.
5. Cook the noodles per intruction on the package (usually there is). Plunge into icy water (I added some ice cube) to cool & then drain.
6. Serve noodles in 4 bowls. Arrange pork on top, garnish with cucumber & pour over the dressing.

The miso soup in picture was made from instant packs, so I cannot share the recipe (basically just pour 165ml hot water for a pack of content & it's done, lol...)

Simple & easy cold noodle done in 30 minutes :)