Malaysian Mee Hoon Goreng

Malaysian Kitchen UK
Malaysian Kitchen UK @cook_15918593
Bristol

This is a firm favourite amongst Malaysians. It is a dish that we enjoy eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner! This dish can be as basic or as lavish as you want. Improvise by adding different vegetables, prawns and chicken.

Malaysian Mee Hoon Goreng

This is a firm favourite amongst Malaysians. It is a dish that we enjoy eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner! This dish can be as basic or as lavish as you want. Improvise by adding different vegetables, prawns and chicken.

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Ingredients

  1. Spice Paste
  2. 4 clovesgarlic
  3. 4shallots
  4. 10-12dried chillies, deseed then boil them to rehydrate. Once softer, squeeze the water off as much as you can
  5. 1 tspdried shrimps, omit if making vegetarian noodles
  6. Blend the above ingredients into a fine paste
  7. Seasoning
  8. 2 tbspsweet soya sauce
  9. 2 tbspvegetarian oyster sauce
  10. 2 tbsplight soya sauce
  11. 1 tbspthick caramel soya sauce
  12. 1/2 tspsesame oil, optional
  13. Other ingredients
  14. 150 gramsdry rice noodles, soak in cold water for few hours
  15. 100 gramsbeansprouts, tailed
  16. 50 gramscarrots, cut into matchsticks size
  17. 50 gramsyellow and red pepper, cut into matchsticks size
  18. 1medium onion, thinly sliced
  19. 3-4 tbspvegetable oil
  20. Garnish
  21. Deep fried sliced tofu
  22. Chopped spring onions
  23. Crispy shallots
  24. Eggs, optional

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat 4 tbsp oil in a large wok over medium heat. Add the sliced onion and fry till it soften. Add in the blended spice paste and fry until fragrant and the oil starts to separate. This will take about 10 minutes.
    • Add the seasoning and stir to combine. Add some water if the mixture gets too dry

  2. 2

    Add the carrot and peppers and mix well. Fry for 2 minutes then add the noodles and bean sprouts and turn the heat to low. Using 2 wooden spatulas, lift and turn the noodles till they are softened and evenly coated with the seasoning. The noodles will continue to soften as it cooks. Stir gently so the noodles don’t break.

  3. 3

    Dish out and garnish with fried tofu slices, crispy shallots and chopped spring onions. Serve straight away. If you like, you can add in eggs in the noodles as well. Beat 2 eggs with pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper, Heat 1 tsp of oil and fry the eggs just like you make scramble eggs. Transfer into a clean plate and add in in towards the end of your cooking time. Yumm

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Comments (6)

Zahara Charles
Zahara Charles @cook_28507328
Secret ingredient: dash of tomato puree -or even one of those takeaway little packets of ketchup (Not kicap!) hanging around in the fridge door

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