Chongqing Noodles (Xiao Mian, 重庆小面)

Name: Chongqing Noodles (Xiao Mian, 重庆小面)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tbsp cooking oil; 100 g minced pork/beef (3.5oz); 1 tsp minced ginger; 1 tbsp minced Ya Cai (or Zha Cai (see note 1)); 1 pinch dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine; 2 tsp sweet bean sauce (aka Tian Mian Jiang (see note 2)); 200 g dried noodles (about 7oz (see note 3)); 1 handful leafy green (eg. bok choy, water spinach, choy sum, etc.); 300 ml chicken/beef/vegetable stock (1 1/4 cups (see note 4)); 100 g canned chickpeas, drained (3.5 oz (see note 5)); 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp black rice vinegar; 2 tbsp Chinese chilli oil (or to taste); 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan pepper (or to taste); 1 tsp minced garlic; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 1 pinch sugar; 1 tbsp roasted peanuts/cashews (crushed); 1 tbsp finely chopped scallion