Sweet & Sour Noodles

These are tasty enough that the carnivores in the crowd probably won't even notice the absence of animal products in the recipe.

At Home:

  Ingredients Metric  Standard
  Medium Size Steam-Fried Noodles 400 g 14 oz
  Vegetable Oil 15 ml 1 Tbsp
  Sesame Seed Oil 30 ml 2 Tbsp
1 Onion, minced    
4 Cloves Garlic    
  Mushrooms, thinly sliced 350 g 12 oz
2 Carrots, grated    
  Crushed Tomatoes (no juice) 800 ml 28 oz can
  Freshly grated ginger 45 ml 3 Tbsp
  Rice Vinegar 65 ml ¼ cup
  Soya Sauce 45 ml 3 Tbsp
  Honey 30 ml 2 Tbsp
  Salt 5 ml 1 tsp
  Cayenne Pepper 1.25 ml ¼ tsp

Instructions:

  • In a dutch oven or large wok, cook the noodles until tender, then drain and set aside.
  • Heat the vegetable oil and sesame oil at medium heat, then add the onion, garlic and mushrooms and sauté until tender.
  • Add the carrot and noodles and continue to sauté, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the tomatoes, ginger, vinegar, soya sauce, honey, salt & pepper, and stir over low heat for 5 minutes.
  • Spread over dehydrator trays (for dehydrator) or pammed cookie sheets (for oven drying), taking extra care to keep the mixture thin to speed up drying.
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In Camp:

 
This recipe adapted from High Trail Cookery, by Linda Frederick Yaffe.