INGREDIENTS
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1 cup light soy sauce
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3/4 cup sugar
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1/2 cup black Chinese vinegar or balsamic vinegar
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1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
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1/2 cup Shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine) or dry Sherry
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1 cup (packed) fresh cilantro leaves
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1/2 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
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1/2 tablespoon coriander seeds
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1/2 red Thai chile or red jalapeño chile
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4 coils bean thread noodles (saifun)*, from two 5- to 6-ounce packages
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4 cups mung bean sprouts
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Peanut-Sesame Sauce (click for recipe)
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1 large Fuji apple, quartered, cored, cut into matchstick-size strips
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1 cucumber, peeled, quartered lengthwise, seeded, cut into matchstick-size strips
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5 green onions, chopped
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1/3 cup chopped crystallized ginger
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Thin apple slices, roasted salted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds