Crispy fried pork served with saucy, spicy noodles is a delicious dinner and perfect substitute for your favorite takeout.
Ingredients
Full recipe and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Pork. I used pork steak but you can use pork fillet/tenderloin too.
- Egg.
- Soy sauce.
- Flour.
- Cornstarch/Cornflour.
- Salt.
- Noodles. I used Chinese egg noodles but any noodle of your preference will work.
- Hoisin sauce.
- Sesame oil.
- Chilli oil.
- Chilli flakes.
- Garlic.
- Honey.
- Rice vinegar. Alternatively use lemon juice or regular vinegar.
- Spring onion/Green onion.
- Oil, for frying. I used canola oil but any neutal/vegetable oil will work.
How to make crispy pork with spicy noodles
- Make the spicy sauce: In a large pan, heat the sesame and chilli oils together then add the garlic. Cook until fragrant (30 seconds, or so) then add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, honey and chilli flakes. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry then add and allow to simmer. Cook for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly. Set aside.
- Coat and fry the pork: Chop the pork into bite-size chunks. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and soy sauce. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, cornstarch and salt together. Coat the pork first in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the flour again. Heat a large pot of vegetable oil over high heat and once hot, carefully add the pork in batches and fry until golden brown and cooked through, approximately 5-7 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and allow to drain on a wire rack set over a sheet pan.
- Cook the noodles and combine: Cook the noodles in a large pot of salted water until al dente then drain. Toss the noodles with the sauce. Serve the noodles and sauce in bowls topped with crispy pork and spring onion.
Noodle recipes
- Honey soy crispy beef and noodles
- Crispy sesame chicken with noodles
- Easy spicy garlic chicken broth with noodles
Ingredients
For the sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp chilli oil
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 3 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 cup water
- 2 tsp cornstarch / cornflour
For the pork
- 500 g (1lb) pork tenderloin cubed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
To serve
- 500 g noodles cooked and drained
- spring onion/green onion finely chopped
Instructions
- In a large pan, heat the sesame and chilli oils together then add the garlic.
- Cook until fragrant (30 seconds, or so) then add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, honey and chilli flakes.
- Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry then add and allow to simmer. Cook for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly. Set aside.
- Chop the pork into bite-size chunks. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and soy sauce.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, cornstarch and salt together. Coat the pork first in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the flour again.
- Heat a large pot of vegetable oil over high heat and once hot, carefully add the pork in batches and fry until golden brown and cooked through, approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and allow to drain on a wire rack set over a sheet pan.
- Cook the noodles in a large pot of salted water until al dente then drain. Toss the noodles with the sauce.
- Serve the noodles and sauce in bowls topped with crispy pork and spring onion.
Nutrition
Calories: 509kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 1579mg | Potassium: 398mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 198IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 2mg
Any idea if or how I can do the meat in the air fryer?
I haven’t tried flour-coated meat in the airfryer, to be honest. I would drizzle it with a little oil before, just so the meat doesn’t dry out completely.