Taiwanese Noodles with Meat Sauce Recipe (Taiwanese Spaghetti)

Servings: 4 Prep Time:5 minutes Cook Time:10 minutes
For Gluten free version – substitute the regular soy sauce with gluten-free soy sauce and substitute the dark soy sauce with gluten free oyster sauce (Lee Kum Kee Panda Brand)

Ingredients:

1 pound noodles or rice of your choice
Some fresh pineapple chunks (to serve on the side).
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce (or oyster sauce)
2 teaspoon light (regular) soy sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar (or young balsamic vinegar)
(or 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar and 1 Tablespoon chili garlic sauce)
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons cooking oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 pound ground pork (or ground beef/chicken/turkey)
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
One 8-ounce can bamboo shoots, drained and diced
(or one can chopped water chestnuts instead)
4 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, diced
(or rehydrated dried mushrooms chopped)
1 stalk green onion, chopped

Directions:
1. Cook the noodles or rice according to package instructions. Drain.
2. In a small bowl, combine the chicken broth, dark soy sauce, regular soy sauce, vinegar, five spice powder (and chili garlic) and brown sugar. Set aside.
3. Heat a wok over medium-high heat. When hot, swirl in the cooking oil. Add in the onion and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the ground meat and cook for 2 minutes. Push aside the onion and ground beef to one side of the wok to create a small spot to fry the garlic. Add in the garlic and stir fry for a few seconds or until you begin smelling the garlic. Add in the bamboo shoots and mushrooms. Toss everything in the wok together.
4. Pour in the broth/soy sauce mixture and bring to a simmer. Cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the green onions. Serve the ground beef mixture over the noodles or rice. With chopped fresh pineapple.