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	'''Ants Climbing a Tree''' (Simplified Chinese: 蚂蚁上树; Traditional Chinese: 螞蟻上樹; Pinyin: ''Mǎyǐ shàng shù'') is a Sichuan home-style dish of bean-thread (glass) noodles stir-fried with minced meat in a savory chili sauce~~; bits~~ of meat clinging to noodles inspired the poetic ~~name~~.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_climbing_a_tree English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Ants Climbing a Tree''' (Simplified Chinese: 蚂蚁上树; Traditional Chinese: 螞蟻上樹; Pinyin: ''Mǎyǐ shàng shù'') is a Sichuan home-style dish of bean-thread (glass) noodles stir-fried with minced meat in a savory chili sauce. Bits of meat clinging to the translucent noodles inspired the poetic name—'''no actual ants''' are involved.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_climbing_a_tree English Wikipedia: Ants climbing a tree]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Noodles are slippery and sauce-coated; heat comes from chili bean paste and chili oil rather than numbing pepper alone, though Sichuan pepper may appear. It is everyday wok cooking, not a banquet showpiece.		Noodles are slippery and sauce-coated; heat comes chiefly from chili bean paste (doubanjiang) and chili oil rather than from numbing pepper alone, though Sichuan pepper may appear. The visual joke is serious technique: finely minced pork should scatter and stick so the "ants on twigs" metaphor reads clearly on the plate. It is everyday wok cooking, not a banquet showpiece.<ref name="wol">[https://thewoksoflife.com/ants-climbing-a-tree/ The Woks of Life: ants climbing a tree overview]</ref><ref name="rhs">[https://redhousespice.com/ants-climbing-a-tree/ Red House Spice: spicy vermicelli overview]</ref>

			Soft contrast within [[Sichuan Food]]: [[Mapo Tofu]] shares the doubanjiang pantry but stars tofu; [[Dry-fried Green Beans]] is a dry wok vegetable plate; Ants Climbing a Tree is the glass-noodle weeknight member of the same home repertoire.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	Mung-bean vermicelli, minced pork (or beef), Pixian-style doubanjiang or chili sauce, soy, scallion, garlic, ginger, stock or water. See pantry notes on [[Sichuan Food]] and [[Pixian Doubanjiang]].		Mung-bean vermicelli (glass noodles); minced pork (sometimes beef); Pixian-style doubanjiang or chili sauce; soy; scallion, garlic, ginger; stock or water. Optional Sichuan pepper. See pantry notes on [[Sichuan Food]] and [[Pixian Doubanjiang]]. Overview only—not a recipe.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	The dish is a frequent item in Sichuan restaurants and home kitchens and helps fill out the [[Sichuan Food]] ~~everyday repertoire~~ alongside mapo tofu and dry-fried green beans.		The dish is a frequent item in Sichuan restaurants and home kitchens and helps fill out the everyday [[Sichuan Food]] map alongside mapo tofu and dry-fried green beans. Encyclopedic and cookery sources present it as classic home-style (''jiachang'') cooking rather than an imperial legend dish; poetic naming is common in Sichuan menus and should be read as culinary wit, not natural history.<ref name="wp" /> Soft note: overseas Chinese menus sometimes translate the name literally, which confuses diners until the metaphor is explained.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	~~With~~ rice as a family main. See [[Sichuan Food]]; related minced-meat Sichuan flavors include [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]].		Usually served with rice as a family main. Heat level and meat-to-noodle ratio vary by cook; some versions run soupier, others drier. See [[Sichuan Food]]; related minced-meat Sichuan flavors include [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]; glass-noodle neighbors appear across Chinese home cooking beyond Sichuan heat.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]		* [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]
	* [[Dry-fried Green Beans]]		* [[Dry-fried Green Beans]]
			* [[Pixian Doubanjiang]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Ants Climbing a Tree.jpg
| caption = Ants Climbing a Tree
| alternate_name = Ma yi shang shu; stir-fried vermicelli with minced pork
| pinyin = Mǎyǐ shàng shù
| type = Noodle / vermicelli dish
| course = Main / family dish
| country = China
| region = Sichuan
| other = Glass noodles with minced meat in chili sauce
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'''Ants Climbing a Tree''' (Simplified Chinese: 蚂蚁上树; Traditional Chinese: 螞蟻上樹; Pinyin: ''Mǎyǐ shàng shù'') is a Sichuan home-style dish of bean-thread (glass) noodles stir-fried with minced meat in a savory chili sauce; bits of meat clinging to noodles inspired the poetic name.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_climbing_a_tree English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Noodles are slippery and sauce-coated; heat comes from chili bean paste and chili oil rather than numbing pepper alone, though Sichuan pepper may appear. It is everyday wok cooking, not a banquet showpiece.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Mung-bean vermicelli, minced pork (or beef), Pixian-style doubanjiang or chili sauce, soy, scallion, garlic, ginger, stock or water. See pantry notes on [[Sichuan Food]] and [[Pixian Doubanjiang]].

== History and culture ==

The dish is a frequent item in Sichuan restaurants and home kitchens and helps fill out the [[Sichuan Food]] everyday repertoire alongside mapo tofu and dry-fried green beans.

== Serving and variations ==

With rice as a family main. See [[Sichuan Food]]; related minced-meat Sichuan flavors include [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]].

== See also ==

* [[Sichuan Food]]
* [[Mapo Tofu]]
* [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]
* [[Dry-fried Green Beans]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

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