"Ants Climbing a Tree" Glass Noodles | Spicy Glass Noodles | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with ants climbing a tree glass noodles. That's right, this recipe is a lot more than just a very catchy, slightly disconcerting name since it's beautiful, very easy, and extremely delicious. And I'm pretty sure if you give it a try, it's going to be your new favorite noodle dish. And to get started, we're going to soak some glass noodles in some cold, fresh water.

Hola, soy el Chef John de foodwishes.com con fideos de vidrio con hormigas trepando un árbol. Así es, esta receta es mucho más que un nombre muy pegadizo y ligeramente desconcertante, ya que es hermosa, muy fácil y extremadamente deliciosa. Y estoy bastante seguro de que si la pruebas, va a ser tu nuevo platillo de fideos favorito. Y para empezar, vamos a remojar unos fideos de vidrio en agua fresca y fría.

And it's critically important that the ones

Y es críticamente importante que los que

we're using are made from mung beans and not ones made from rice or tapioca, right? Those are going to look almost identical, but the texture is going to be totally different. Oh, and I should mention there's probably going to be some potato starch in there, but mung beans should be the main ingredient.

estemos usando estén hechos de frijol mungo y no de arroz o tapioca, ¿verdad? Van a verse casi idénticos, pero la textura va a ser totalmente diferente. Ah, y debo mencionar que probablemente habrá algo de almidón de papa, pero el frijol mungo debe ser el ingrediente principal.

And what we'll do after kind of pulling those apart and making sure they're submerged is let them sit in this water for 10 minutes so they have a chance to

Y lo que haremos después de separarlos un poco y asegurarnos de que estén sumergidos es dejarlos en esta agua por 10 minutos para que tengan oportunidad de

partially hydrate before we add them to our sauce. And while that's happening, we can start working on the rest of the dish. And that's going to start by breaking up and browning some ground pork and some vegetable oil set over mediumigh heat. And as usual, how small you break up your pieces of meat is going to be up to you. But keep in mind, the dish is called ants climbing a tree.

hidratarse parcialmente antes de agregarlos a nuestra salsa. Y mientras eso sucede, podemos empezar a trabajar en el resto del platillo. Y eso va a empezar dorando y desmenuzando carne molida de cerdo en un poco de aceite vegetal a fuego medio-alto. Y como siempre, qué tan pequeños desmenuzas los pedazos de carne depende de ti. Pero recuerda, el platillo se llama hormigas trepando un árbol.