Zhajiang mian recipe by Victor Liong | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 75 ml vegetable oil, plus extra for bowls to taste
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1½ tsp finely chopped ginger
• 400 gm coarsely minced pork
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 100 ml chicken stock or water
• 3 tsp chilli bean sauce (see note)
• 1 tbsp sweet sauce (see note)
• 3 tsp Chinese dark soy sauce
• 2 tsp Chinkiang vinegar, plus extra for bowls, to taste
• 800 gm fresh thin Chinese wheat noodles (see note)
• 2 small Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, seeded, cut into thin batons
• 80 ml hot pepper condiment (see note) (1/3 cup)
• 1 cup (firmly packed) coriander leaves