Quick-fried Rice Noodles
There are different types of Chinese noodles. They can be made with eggs and flour, with soya beans or with rice. They all taste nice and in cooking, can often be mixed one with the other. Here is a simple and tasty dish with rice noodles. The ingredients are very versatile and you can add to them or subtract them. The main thing is the method of cooking.
Ingredients:
* Rice noodles
* Sliced meat : pork pieces and/or sliced chicken pieces
* Shell fish: mussels, clam
* Shrimps or prawns
* Vegetables: Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, sliced carrots
* One or two eggs, beaten
* Garlic and onion
* Soya sauce
* Aromat seasoning or similar
* Cooking oil (corn, peanut, soya, sunflower, or whatever)
Method:
Soak the rice noodles in very hot or boiling water until they turn soft. In the meantime, chop up some small onions and garlic. The ingredients are very versatile, but on the meat side, you can use some sliced pork (or veal), some sliced chicken meat, some prawns, and perhaps some shell fish like mussels and clams. Again, you can add in whatever you like and leave out what you don't like. For vegetables, try bean sprouts, sliced carrots, sliced Chinese cabbage or whatever green vegetables you can lay your hands on. If you wish, you can also beat up a couple of eggs. When the noodles are soft, drain off the water.
Heat two or three spoons of vegetable oil in a wok (or in a frying pan if you don't have a wok) Throw in the chopped garlic and onions and fry them till they turn slightly brown. Add in the meat and fry them a little while then throw in the clams. Fry a bit more then add the vegetables. Fry for another minute. Now remove everything and put them in a bowl for a moment.
Heat another teaspoon of oil and add the beaten eggs. Spread the eggs out nicely all over the pan and when they start to take colour, add the noodles. Fry for half a minute or so then add back the meat and vegetables and fry for another twenty seconds or so. Add some thick black soya sauce (sweet), some Aromat (optional) and salt and fry for a few more minutes. Transfer the noodles on to a plate and sprinkle some pepper on top.
Serve hot. You can eat the noodles with some chopped up green or red chillies or put on some chilly sauce if you like it hot. Nice! |