MealBudgetSpicy Pork Noodles
Ground pork cooked with chili garlic sauce and soy, tossed with noodles, spinach and scallions.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 30 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $8.76
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 12 oz linguine
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 clove garlic
- 3/4 oz fresh ginger root
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp chili garlic sauce
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 bunch green onions / scallions
- 5 oz baby spinach
Method
Boil the linguine, reserving a cup of the cooking water before draining.
Brown the pork hard in the vegetable oil until crisp in places.
Add the minced garlic and grated ginger for 30 seconds.
Stir in the soy sauce, chili garlic sauce and peanut butter with half a cup of pasta water to make a sauce.
Add the spinach and let it wilt, then toss in the drained noodles, loosening with more pasta water as needed.
Finish with the sesame oil and a big handful of sliced scallions.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £16.58 | £4.15 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Australia | $48.11 | $12.03 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Greece | 24,30 € | 6,08 € | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Canada | $49.18 | $12.30 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Spain | 22,90 € | 5,73 € | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Germany | 40,70 € | 10,18 € | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Mexico | $680.19 | $170.05 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Austria | € 30,62 | € 7,66 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| United States | $35.05 | $8.76 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $61.36 | $15.34 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٩٠٠٫٥١ ج.م. | ٢٢٥٫١٣ ج.م. | 10 of 11 ingredients |
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