Name: Chinese Mǎyǐshàngshù
Ingredients: 1.5 lb ground pork (poultry, or veal); 5 green onions (sliced); 10.5 oz very thin spaghetti aka capellini; tamari or soy sauce; oil; salt & pepper; 4-8 oz vegetables of your choice ((see notes)); cooked rice; Cinnamon, fennel, garlic, Shitake mushrooms, black pepper, star anise, cloves

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Chinese Mǎyǐshàngshù

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Ingredients

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1.5 lb ground pork poultry, or veal
5 green onions sliced
10.5 oz very thin spaghetti aka capellini
tamari or soy sauce
oil
salt & pepper

Optional

4-8 oz vegetables of your choice (see notes)
cooked rice

Culinary Spice Kit

Cinnamon, fennel, garlic, Shitake mushrooms, black pepper, star anise, cloves

Instructions

Prepare the noodles according to package instructions. Keep the cooking water.
In a large PAN, heat 2 tbsp oil over medium heat.
Add meat and Mǎyǐshàngshù Spices. Mix and stir-fry until the meat is crumbled and cooked.
Add vegetables (optional), green onions, and 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce.
Mix and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
Add the noodles and 1 cup of their cooking water. Mix well.
Add more cooking water, tamari or soy sauce and/ or salt & pepper to taste.
Enjoy!

Notes

* Recommended: thinly sliced mushrooms, zucchini, rutabaga, turnip, celery, bell pepper; or broccoli florets or green asparagus, cut in small pieces.

▪ Substitute spaghetti with glass noodles.

▪ Make it again and substitute the spices with 1-2 tbsp bean paste.