Colorful noodle salad(五彩大拉皮)

This is a classic salad from Northeast China. The noodle is made from potato or green bean starch. It is translucently thin, smooth and chewy. Because of the colorful ingredients, this is suitable for party or holiday table.

Ingredients:

【Noodle】

 - Potato starch or green bean starch - 200g

 - Salt - a pinch
- Water

【Salad】

- English cucumber - 1

- Carrot - 2 large

- Egg - 2

- Black wood ear - 1 cup 

- Pork tenderloin - 1/2 lb

【Sauce】

The sauce is all personal preference. One recipe is to well mix the following. You can get creative.
- some minced garlic
- some sesame
- some sugar
- 1 tsp sesame paste
- 3 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp chili oil

Steps:

【Prepare noodle】

1. Dissolve starch, salt in water to make a thick barter. Let it sit for 10 minutes.

2. Boiling water in a pot with opening large enough to fit the pan (I used 9" round cake pan).

3. Prepare a large pot with ice water.

4. Pour 2 TBSP of starch barter on the baking pan. Rotate the pan so that the barter form an even layer. Put the pan in the boiling water pot (it should float). When the starch solidifies, lean the pan to allow hot water into the pan to cover the cooked barter for a couple of seconds.

5. Take the pan out, pour out the water in the pan, and then soak the whole pan into ice water. Now you can peel the skin off.

6. Repeat until you finished all the barter.

7. Cut the round skins into strips and pile them in the middle of your plate.

【Prepare pork】

1. Shred the pork and marinate with cooking wine, soy sauce and corn starch for 15 minutes.

2. Stir fry the shredded pork with some ginger. 

【Prepare egg】

1. Add 2 TBSP of water or milk to the eggs and beat lightly
2. In a flat bottom pan, put some oil and make thin layer of egg pancake.
3. Cut the egg pancake into strips

【Prepare black wood ear】

1. Soak the dry wood ear overnight.
2. Boiling some hot water, and blanching the wood ears
3. Cut blanched wood ear into strips

【Prepare carrot】

1. Shred the carrot
2. Blanch in hot water

【Prepare cucumber】

1. Cut into thin strips

【Assembly】
Assemble the plate like the picture below.

 Pour in sauce, mix and enjoy.