Lad Na

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 7 ounces wide rice noodles
• 1/2 lb lamb or 1/2 lb beef or 1/2 lb chicken
• 2 heads gai lan
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 -8 ounces chicken broth or 4 -8 ounces water
• 1 -2 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 -4 tablespoons sweet black soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon preserved black bean, lightly rinsed
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce

Recipe

• 1 pre-soak rice noodle in warm water for at least an hour, then drain.
• 2 cut gai lan into bite-size pieces, peeling and cutting stems.
• 3 thinly cut lamb, beef or chicken into bite-sized pieces. add a splash of fish sauce, pepper, and lightly coat with cornstarch.
• 4 in a frying pan brown the noodles in oil.
• 5 as you stir-fry the noodles, pour in about 2-4 tablespoonful of thick sweet black soy sauce.
• 6 stir thoroughly to coat noodles, remove and set aside on serving plates.
• 7 wipe the pan clean and pour in about 2 tablespoonful of oil and lightly brown garlic and black beans.
• 8 stir in meat for about a minute, then add in the broccoli.
• 9 after about 3-4 more minutes, pour in about 1/2 - 1 cup chicken broth and flavor with fish sauce.
• 10 bring sauce to a boil and slowly add cornstarch solution, stir until thicken.
• 11 pour sauce over noodles, adding a teaspoon or more of sugar if so desired.