Char Kway Teow
User Reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Resting Time
30 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Malaysian
Char Kway Teow
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Char kway teow is a flat rice noodle dish popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore with multiple variations throughout Asia.
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Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 3 cloves garlic , finely chopped
- 15 shrimps , peeled
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 lb fresh flat rice noodles , cooked and drained
- 1 lb cockles (or clams), extracted from their shells
- 2 Chinese sausages , diagonally cut
- 6 oz. fresh soy sprouts , rinsed in cold water and well drained
- 4 large eggs
- 1 bunch Chinese spring onion , cut into pieces of 2 inches (5 cm)
- pork oil (or fat)
For the chili paste
- 1 oz. dry red chili peppers , deseeded and rehydrated
- 2 fresh red chili peppers , deseeded
- 3 small shallots (or pearl onions), peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the sauce
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1.5 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- ½ teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon belacan (shrimp paste)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Chili paste
- Using a pestle and mortar or a food processor, grind all the ingredients of the chili paste until a homogeneous paste is obtained.
- Heat a wok and add the oil. Sauté the chili paste until it releases its aroma. Set aside.
Sauce
- Vigorously mix all the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside.
- Cooking Char Kway Teow
- Cooking should be done in two steps.
- Plunge the shrimps into iced water and then add the 2 tablespoons of caster sugar. Mix well, let stand for 30 minutes and then drain well.
- Heat a wok over high heat until it starts to smoke.
- Pour 2 tablespoons of oil or lard into the wok and add half of the garlic then stir quickly.
- Add half of the shrimps and half of the sausage slices to the wok.
- Stir quickly with a wooden spoon until the shrimps start to brown.
- Add half of the soy sprouts and half of the noodles.
- Add 2.5 tablespoons of sauce and stir vigorously to mix well.
- Using a wooden spoon, push the noodles to one side, add 2 tablespoons of oil to the empty area and break an egg over it. Use a spatula to break the egg yolk and stir to mix with the egg white. Cover the egg with noodles and wait about 15 seconds.
- Add about ½ tablespoon of chili paste and half of the cockles or clams.
- Continue sautéing for a few minutes and then add the spring onion.
- Stir vigorously.
- Repeat the same operation with the rest of the ingredients.
- Serve on a banana leaf.
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