Char Kway Teow
Char Kway Teow is a filling dish containing springy noodles, fresh vegetables and smoky flavours.This flavorful noodle dish is the eesence of excellent Southeast Asian comfort food, despite its literal translation as "stir-fried rice cake strips."
Ingredients
- 1 pkt Everbest Veg. Prawns
- 500 g kway teow noodles – flatrice noodles
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 1 unit Handful Chinese Chives cut into 4 cm lengths
- 1 unit finely chopped carrots
Sauce
- 1 tsp sambal or Chili paste totaste
- 2 tbsp Kecap Manis (sweet soy sauce)
- 100 ml vegetarian stock
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Soak the rice noodles in boiling water for 3–5minutes, or until they separate, then drain and air dry for 10 minutes on a clean tea towel.
- Prepare the vegetables by cutting the Chinesechives into fine matchsticks and placing them in a small bowl.
- Mix the sauce ingredients.
Cooking
- Unpack Everbest Veg. Prawns.
- Microwave Everbest Veg. Prawns. Set aside.
- In a wok, heat the vegetable oil until it begins to smoke, add in the vegetables and heat until they are piping hot.
- Stir-fry for another 20–30 seconds with the bean sprouts, then add the noodles and stir-fry for 1 minute before pouring over the sauce.
- Add in Everbest Veg. Prawns.
- Cook, constantly stirring, until all of the ingredients are well blended, and the noodles have dried out a little and begin to stick to the bottom of the wok to finish.
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