Fried Rice Noodles with Dried Anchovies

It has been a while since I last posted. Finally the school year ended & the summer holiday has just started. 

I usually cook fried rice noodles for lunch & dinner for the family. An easy meal. :) 

Ingredients: 

1 packet of rice noodles, soaked with hot water until soft. Set aside. 

3 cloves of garlic - finely minced. 

3 slices of ginger

200g of dried anchovies & more for garnishing. Clean & fry with oil until golden crispy. Set aside. 

Lettuce - clean & thinly sliced for garnishing

3 eggs lightly beaten - make thin omellete & thinly sliced. 

Bok choy - clean & thinly sliced.

50ml Oil for frying noodles

Fish sauce & light soya sauce 

Salt , pepper & a little sugar for taste. 

Preparation Steps: 

1. Prepare all the ingredients needed. Fry Omelete & fry anchovies. 

2. In a big wok, heat up the oil, add the garlic & ginger fry until fragrant. 

3. Add in the bok choy & fry a little until they are semi cooked. Add in the seasoning , noodles & anchovies. Mixed well until the noodles are evenly coated. 

4. Taste the noodles & add more seasoning to the taste if required. 

5. Dish out the noodles , garnish with thinly sliced omelettes , lettuce & anchovies. 

Served with sweet chili sauce / freshly cut chili with light soya sauce. 

Voilà ! 

Chin's notes. 

1. Take note, anchovies are a bit salty. 

2. Keep warm in the rice cooker / thermal pot. 

Fried Rice Noodles

Fried rice noodles ( char bee hoon ) for today's lunch. Someone mentioned that anything cooked with Thai fish sauce will be yummy. Yes, indeed they are yummy noodles. 

Fried Rice noodles : 

1 packet of rice noodles - persoaked with cool water until soft - drained & set aside 

200g fried fish cake, thinly sliced

4 cloves of garlic - minced

Thumb size ginger - thinly sliced

Vegetables of choice - I prefer cabbage / bak choi 

Dried enchovies - fried until golden brown with some oil & set aside. 

Thai fish sauce to taste. 

Preparation steps: 

1. Use the oil for from frying the enchovies. Heat up the oil & add in the garlic & ginger. Fry until fragrant the add the fish cake. Fry a little while. 

2. Add in the vegetables & fry until almost cook. Add in the noodle , add seasoning & mix well. Add some water, close the lid & let it simmer a few mins. Check if noodles is cook & fry a few more minutes to mix it well. 

3. Dish out & garnish with fried enchovies, spring onions & cut chili with light soya sauce / sambal. 

Bon appétit !

Chin's notes: 

1. Pre-fried some omelettes & sliced them thinly. Great for garnishing. 

2. Alternative sunny side up egg will be perfect too. 

3. I like to use the oil from frying the enchovies because the give the noodles more flavours. 

Shrimp Wontan

Made some shrimp wontans for tonight's dinner. There are many ways to eat them. :p

Shirmp Wanton Recipe: 

Makes 25 - 30 wontans

200g of medium size fresh prawns / shrimps. Remove shells & minced. 

5 pieces of water chestnuts - diced

1 stalk spring onions finely sliced. 

3 cloves of garlic - finely chopped 

2 dried mushrooms - soaked & sliced

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp corn flour

3 - 4 leaves of Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage - boil to soften, sliced thinly & squeeze out the water from the vegetables. 

Salt & Pepper to taste

Wontan skin 

Spring onions / fried onions for garnishing. 

Preparation steps: 

1. Mixed all the ingredients in a bowl. 

2. Take some mixture & put in the middle of the wontan skin & seal the edges with some water. 

3. Fill up a pot & add some salt, bring to boil. Put the wontans in, once they floats, they are ready. 

4. Dish them out & put them in the their respective serving bowls. 

Voilà ! Now you can have them with noodles or just with soup or dip in black vinegar. Bon appétit !! 

Chin's notes: 

1. I made simple soup, just chicken stocks & nappa cabbage, season with salt & pepper. Add the wontans to the soup. 

2. Cook some wontan noodles, add the wontans & served with soup. 

3. These are nice to eat with black vinegar & sliced ginger.