Noodles with crispy chilli oil eggs - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 2 heads pak choi, each halved through the core
• 2 tsp Chinese black vinegar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• pinch of sugar
• 200g cooked noodles (I use straight-to-wok noodles, egg, udon or ramen noodles)
• 2 large eggs
• 4 small shallots, halved and thinly sliced
• 1 head of garlic (about 8-10 cloves) thinly sliced
• 1 x 10cm cinnamon stick
• 4 star anise
• 500ml vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Szechuan peppercorns
• 1 thumb-sized piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
• 30g crushed red chilli flakes
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp caster sugar