Kway Teow
Recipe by Tampopo
Ingredients
Serves 1 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 oz. sliced chicken breast strips or 6 king prawns (or some of each)
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
1 tablespoon “sambal oelek” chilli paste
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon thick dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 large handful soaked flat rice noodles (pre-soaked in tepid water for a couple of hours until softened)
1-2 tablespoons vegetable stock: as required (you can use water also)
1 beaten egg
1 small handful bean sprouts
1 small handful shredded choi sum
1 small handful chopped spring onion
Garnish
Bean sprouts (small handful)
Julienne carrots (4 finger pinch)
5 picked coriander leaves
2 pieces sliced chilli
1 cut square of banana leaf (optional)
Method
1. Heat oil in wok.2. Add chicken breast strips and/or prawns and stir-fry for 1 minute.
3. Add garlic, ginger and sambal oelek and stir-fry for 10 seconds.
4. Add oyster sauce, thick dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and sugar and stir-fry for 10 seconds.
5. Add noodles and vegetable stock and stir-fry for 1 minute.
6. Turn down heat, drizzle egg into the noodles and stir gently so that egg coats noodles evenly.
7. Turn up heat, add bean sprouts, choi sum, spring onion and stir-fry for 30 seconds until the noodles are al dente.
8. Place banana leaf on plate, turn contents of wok onto banana leaf, garnish and serve.