Stir Fried Hu Tiu (Inspired by Flavorful Origins Documentary)

Name: Stir Fried Hu Tiu (Inspired by Flavorful Origins Documentary)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 package Pad Thai or Hu Tiu; 6 oz your choice of protein; 1/2 of medium onion; 1 medium clove garlic, minced; 1/2 bunch Chinese celery; 8 oz bean sprouts; 1 bunch green onion; Seasoning:; 3/4 cup soy sauce; 1/4 cup vinegar; 3 TBS sugar

2choi @cook_15339344

I watched Flavorful Origins, a documentary on Netflix. It was about the cuisine of province Chaoshan, China. There were lard, green onion, bean sprouts and soy sauce. Simple. But I don’t feel the soy sauce I have is adequate for the dish so I improvised a little. Added Chinese celery and used pork instead of lard.
I used Pad Thai noodles. Many Vietnamese grocery stores carry fresh Hu Tiu but not the one close to me. The Pad Thai noodles taste very similar to Hu Tiu. I am Vietnamese. I had had quite a few bowls of Hu Tiu when I was young. 😊

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Ingredients

1 packagePad Thai or Hu Tiu
6 ozyour choice of protein
1/2of medium onion
1medium clove garlic, minced
1/2 bunchChinese celery
8 ozbean sprouts
1 bunchgreen onion
Seasoning:
3/4 cupsoy sauce
1/4 cupvinegar
3 TBSsugar

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Steps

1

Cut beef/pork into strips. not too thick. For shrimps, peel, devein and slice into halves(butterfly way but completely separated). Sprinkle salt, pepper. Mix well. Set aside.
2

Wash Chinese celery, green onion, bean sprouts. Put bean sprouts in colander to get rid of excess water. Cut Chinese celery and green onion into 2 inches in length. Slice onion as for stir fry.
3

Soak noodles in lukewarm water for 10 minutes. Remove to a colander to strain water. Mix all ingredients for sauce in a bowl.
4

Put about 1 TBS of potato starch in meat. Mix well. Stir fry onion,meat and garlic on high heat for about 1 minute, add Chinese celery. Cook until celery withered.
5

Make a well, put 1/3 of sauce in. Wait till it bubbles. Add noodles, half of bean sprouts in and mix well.
6

Add the rest of bean sprouts in. This time pour 1/2 of sauce around the contents(not on),mix everything well for 1 minute. Then again, pour the rest of sauce same method, add green onion. Mix well.
7

Remove to plate. Sprinkle some pepper. Enjoy.
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I learned the method of pouring sauce from a Korean cooking show. It helps evaporate the “smell “ of soy sauce.
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If you use shrimp, stir fry onion, garlic and shrimp until shrimp turn pink. Remove to a bowl. Add back to pan when green onion is added at the end of the cooking process. Mix well and remove to plate.