BIRTHDAY NOODLES

With Tatsoi

 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

1 bunch (200g) tatsoi

100g Pork meat sliced

75g Pork fat cubed

12 Prawns cleaned and shelled

4 biscuits Pork steak noodles

3 Dried fish (Jambrong)

4 cloves Garlic finely chopped

1/2 tsp Corn flour

1 tbsp Soya sauce

1 tsp Soya sauce (in the pork)

1 tbsp Oyster sauce

1 1/2 tsp Dark soya sauce

5 Dried mushrooms

3 tsp Sugar

1 tsp Chicken stock powder

9 pieces Squid, pineapple cut

1/8 tsp Black pepper

4 tbsp Water (mushroom water)

Cooking oil

 

The noodles and dried fish

 

 

 

 

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METHOD

 

Soak the dried mushrooms in hot water until they are soft then cut into slices. Also keep the mushroom water until needed.

 

Put the pork into a bowl and add corn flour and 1 tsp of

 

 soya sauce and mix well. Set aside until needed.

 

 

Boil some water in a saucepan, add 1 tsp of sugar

 

 

Add 2 tbsp of cooking oil

 

 

Add the tatsoi and blanch it for 90 seconds

 

 

Drain and put into a dish

 

 

Add 1 tbsp of Oyster sauce

 

 

Discard the water from the saucepan and add fresh water. Boil again and add another 2 tbsp of oil

 

 

Add the noodles and cook until they are soft. Drain the water off and set the noodles aside until needed.

 

 

Now put enough cooking oil to deep fry the dried fish in a wok and heat. Add the dried fish.

 

 

Fry the fish until it is golden brown - try to ignore the smell that comes out of the fish, I promise it tastes much better than it smells :)

 

 

Remove the fish from the oil and rest it on a kitchen paper towel until it has cooled. Now break the fish up and place it in a mortar and use a pestle to grind it up to a coarse powder. Set aside until needed.

 

 

Now add the pork fat to the hot oil in the wok and fry until it is golden brown.

 

 

Remove from the oil and set aside until needed.

 

 

Remove all but about 2 tbsp of oil from the wok and then add half the garlic

 

 

Add 1 tsp of sugar

 

 

Add 1 tbsp of soya sauce

 

 

Now add the tatsoi ad stir fry for a couple of minutes. Remove the tatsoi and place in a serving dish. I have prepared the tatsoi as a separate dish to go with the noodles as I was afraid that it would not cook properly if I cooked it in the noodle dish.

 

 

Add 2 tbsp of cooking oil to the wok

 

 

Add the remaining garlic

 

 

Add chicken stock

 

 

Add a couple of shakes of salt

 

 

Add the mushrooms

 

 

Add the pork meat

 

 

Add 1 tsp of sugar

 

 

Add black pepper

 

 

Add the prawns

 

 

Add the squid and stir everything together well

 

 

Add dark soya sauce

 

 

Add the noodles and mix well

 

 

Add 4 tbsp of the mushroom water

 

 

Add the ground fish

 

 

and finally add the fried pork fat cubes

 

 

Stir well and serve in deep plates. Add the tatsoi and eat with the noodles.

 

 

 

 

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