Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Stir-fried Hokkien Mee

It's been pretty hard for me to find a good halal Hokkien Mee, so as usual, I decided to try cooking it myself to satisfy that craving. Hehehe...


What you need [Cooks for 4]
- 500g Yellow noodles
- 500g Thick bee hoon
- A handful of bean sprouts
- A bunch of Chives (cut to 2-inches long)
- 3 rolls of Fishcake (sliced)
- 1/2 kg prawns
- Sambal chilli
- 5 lime (cut into halves)
- 2 tbsp Garlic (grinded)


For the Seasoning
- Chicken stock (can be soup form or the concentrate) or
  Prawn stock (from boiling the prawn shells)
- Salt
- Sugar

Method
- Heat some oil in the frying pan and sauté the garlic for 3 mins
- Add in the stock and bring to boil
- Add in prawns, followed by fishcake and stir-fry for 3mins
- Add in the following in this sequence – Thick bee hoon, yellow noodles, 
  bean sprouts and mix thoroughly and simmer for 5 mins
- Lastly add in the chives, cook for 2mins and serve hot with sambal chilli and lime


How to cook the sambal paste

You will need
- 9-10 tbsp onion (grinded into paste)
- 2 tbsp Garlic (grinded into paste)
- 4 tbsp dry chilli paste (grinded into paste)
- Salt & sugar


Method
- Heat some oil in the frying pan and sauté the garlic for 3 mins
- Add in the onion and cook for another 5 mins
- Add in the chilli paste, stir-fry for 5 mins and add salt & sugar for taste and
   continue to stir-fry till the paste darkens slightly and becomes drier and the oil
   is slightly separated from the oil


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