Stir Fried Vermicelli (Tsa bi hoon)
Stir Fried Vermicelli (Tsa bi hoon) is a loved favourite in my household, real easy to knock up and real tasty. It is as common, if not more common than fried rice across Taiwan and has a lighter texture, leaving you feeling satisfied and not guilty!
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Serves 2
Ingredients:
200 gram chicken breast
2 carrots
2 eggs
3 cloves garlic
300 gram vermicelli
2 sprigs spring onion
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine (mi chiu)
2 teaspoons raw sugar
Basil for decoration (optional)
1. In a bowl of boiling water, add the vermicelli to soften. Ensure it is covered entirely and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Shred the carrots, garlic and thinly slice the chicken. Slice the spring onion into long strips.
3. In a heated pan, roughly scramble the eggs. Remove from heat.
4. In a heated wok, add a dash of cooking oil and the chicken and brown for 5 minutes.
5. Add the spring onion, carrots and garlic and stir for a few minutes.
6. Drain the vermicelli and add to the wok.
7. Add the soy sauce, rice wine and sugar and stir until well combined.
8. Add more soy sauce/sugar to taste.
9. Add the eggs and combine well.
10. Serve immediately with the basil for decoration.
Taiwanese sesame noodles (liang mien)
I love these noodles, they’re really tasty and so quick and easy to make. Best of all, they are individually made so great for cooking for friends and family or just for one! They are a very popular Taiwanese dish, particularly in the night markets of Taiwan. You can add shredded chicken, cucumbers and/or egg or they even great plain, just as I have made them here.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves 1
Ingredients:
- 200 gram noodles
- 1 1/2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon hot soy bean paste
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Shredded chicken (optional)
- Sliced cucumbers (optional)
- Sliced egg omelette (optional)
Directions:
1. Bring a pot of water to the boil, add the noodles and cook for 5 minutes.
2. In a small bowl, add the sesame paste, peanut butter, soy sauce, spicy soy bean paste and mix until well combined.
3. Drain the noodles and add to the sauce bowl.
4. Add the chicken. Mix and combine well.
5. Serve immediately.
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Simple Hand Made Noodles (sho zwo mien)
Hand made noodles are just so quick and easy to make and I want to show this in the post and hope more people will try this at home. You will quickly learn the benefits. The taste is so much fresher and chewier that only freshly made noodles can achieve and the satisfaction of knowing you made it is just amazing. I recently invested in a Kitchenaid which cuts the effort to almost next to nothing and I recommend it if you have the cash, however the post below makes the noodles from scratch, all by hand.
Preparation time: 1 ½ hours
Cooking time: 6-8 minutes
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups plain flour
- Extra flour for dusting
- ½ cup rice flour
- ¾ cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons salt
Directions
1. Add the plain flour, rice flour and salt in a bowl and mix well.
2. Making a well in the flour, pour the warm water and using your hands, slowly fold the flour into the well and start kneading.
3. Once the ingredients have formed into a ball, use the palm of your hands to press and knead the dough flat, then fold over twice. Knead and repeat the process 3 times.
4. Dust a flat surface with flour and using a rolling pin, roll the dough flat into a circle (roughly 2cm thick), then fold over into a flat ball and repeat the process 3-4 times.
5. Roll the dough into a ball and put aside to rest for 1-2 hours. Place a wet cloth over the dough to stop it from drying out.
6. After the dough has rested, dust a flat surface with flour and roll the dough out into a rectangle, roughly 0.5cm thickness.
7. In a pot, bring to the boil some hot water and add a dash of cooking oil to stop the noodles from sticking.
8. Dust the top and bottom of the dough well. Fold over the dough into thirds and slice into long strips, roughly 0.5cm thickness.
9. Slowly add the noodles into the boiling pot of water. Cook the noodles for 6-8 minutes.
10. Drain the noodles and run under cold water for a few seconds. Serve immediately.
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Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Ingredients:
- 500gram pork belly strips
- 5 garlic shallots
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine (mi chiu)
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- ¼ cucumber sliced into small strips
- Dash of sesame oil
- Handmade noodles or store bought noodles
Directions:
1. Slice up the pork belly strips into 0.5cm thickness on both edges.
2. Slice up the garlic shallots into small squares.
3. In a pan, heat up a dash of vegetable oil and lightly fry pork belly.
4. Add the garlic shallots in with the pork and stir fry until soft.
5. Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine and stir.
6. Add the sugar and stir until the sauce is thick.
7. Add the sesame oil and mix.
8. Serve on top of noodles.
9. Sprinkle the sliced cucumber on top.
Tips:
1. This dish can be served with rice instead of noodles.
2. For a healthier option, use pork mince instead of pork belly strips.
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