Supreme Soy Sauce Fried Noodles 豉油皇炒麵

Supreme Soy Sauce Fried Noodles 豉油皇炒麵

Recipe source : Adapted from Christine's recipes

This supreme soy sauce fried noodles is perfect for our breakfast on the first day of the Chinese New Year. It is wholly vegetarian. Our family observes a vegetarian diet on the first half day of the Lunar Chinese New Year.

A tasty vegetarian noodle dish. We like its simplicity.

Ingredients

320g dried egg noodles
200g bean sprouts
85g chives, cut into sections of 3 cm
1 shallot, sliced
A small piece of ginger, grated

Sauce

3 tbsp water
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tsp sugar
3 tsp oyster sauce
sesame oil, to taste

Mix the sauce ingredients together. Make sure the sugar is dissolved completely. Set aside.

 Dried egg noodles

 Bean sprouts

 Chives

Method

1.  Bring half a pot of water to the boil. When boiling add in the egg noodles and boil for 3 minutes or according to package instructions. Drain away the boiling water and rinse noodles with running water. Drain well and set aside.
2.  Heat oil in wok over high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil. Quickly stir-fry the bean sprouts for 1 minute. Remove and set aside.
3.  Using the same wok, add 1 tbsp oil and stir-fry chives over high heat for 1 minute. Remove and set aside.
4.  Add 3 tbsp oil to the same wok, saute onion slices and grated ginger until slightly brown.  Add in noodles. Use a pair of chopsticks to loosen the noodles. Add in the sauce ingredients in a steady stream and combine the noodles well. 
5.  Toss in the bean sprouts and chives and mix well.
6.  Dish up and serve immediately. 

I am submitting this post to Asian Food Fest : Hong Kong + Macau - Jan & Feb 2014, hosted by Annie from Annielicious Food