Food - Chilled Noodles with Sauce

Ingredients:

•     ¾ lbs Chinese noodles
•     1 tbsp sesame oil
•     2 eggs
•     1 cup cooked shredded beef or pork
•     ½ cup shredded boiled ham
•     1 cup shredded cucumber
•     ½ cup cooked shelled shrimp

Sauce:

•     2 tbsp sesame oil
•     ½ tsp salt
•     1 tbsp sesame paste
•     1 tbsp red pepper oil or 1 tsp Tabasco
•     2 tbsp soy sauce
•     2 tsp vinegar
•     2 cups broth or water
•     ¼ tsp MSG

Directions:

1. Drop noodles into boiling water. When water boils up again, add cold water and bring to boil once more. Drain noodles, mix with 1 tbsp sesame oil, and chill in refrigerator.
2. Beat eggs and fry in thin layers with small amount of oil. Shred fried egg.
3. Arrange shredded eggs, beef, ham, cucumber, and shrimp on top of chilled noodles.
4. Make sesame paste by grinding sesame seeds in mortar.
5. Make red pepper oil by heating 2 tbsp oil and frying 3 red peppers until they turn dark. Remove peppers and use oil only.
6. Mix all sauce ingredients thoroughly and serve sauce separately in a bowl. Pour sauce over noodles and shredded ingredients just before eating.

Note: Peanut butter may be substituted for sesame paste.