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Lobster Yee Mein (龍蝦伊面)
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Lobster Yee Mein (龍蝦伊面)

This recipe for Lobster Yee Mein features flavorful chunks of lobster meat in a savory, creamy sauce on top of homemade egg noodles. It's a celebratory dish served during festive occasions. 

Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 458 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

Noodles:
  • 360 g egg noodles or yee mein or chow mein
Lobster:
  • 2 lobster tails 1.1kg about 2.5 lbs), cut into large 1.5" chunks, large, 龍蝦尾
  • 2 egg beaten, whites, 蛋白
  • 80 g potato starch 薯仔澱粉
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt 鹽
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper 胡椒
  • vegetable oil for frying, (eg. peanut oil, high smoke-point, 菜油
Noodle sauce:
  • 2 shallot minced, medium, 小葱
  • 1 garlic minced, large bulb, 蒜
  • 3-4 green onion white part only, chopped, 蔥
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 蠔油
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce 醬油
  • ½ tablespoon granulated sugar 砂糖
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil 麻油
  • ½ C water 水
Lobster sauce:
  • 3 tablespoon vegetable oil 菜油
  • 4 tablespoon all-purpose flour 麵粉
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce 醬油
  • 2 tablespoon oyster sauce 蠔油
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt 鹽
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 砂糖
  • 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine 紹興酒
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper 胡椒
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger powder 薑粉
  • 2 C chicken broth 雞湯
  • 1 C water 水
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil 麻油

Instructions

Noodles:
    Cup of Yum
  1. Bring a large pot of water up to a boil.
  2. Blanch noodles for 30-60 seconds to loosen.
  3. Rinse noodles under cold water and drain well.
  4. Place onto a plate and set aside.
Prepare the lobster:
  1. Coat the lobster chunks in a mixture of egg whites, potato starch, salt and black pepper.
  2. Let it sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
  3. In 3 batches, deep fry lobster chunks in high smoke-point vegetable oil, about 2-3 minutes.
  4. Remove fried lobster from oil and set aside on paper towel to drain. Set aside.
Make noodle sauce:
  1. Heat up a wok with vegetable oil, and sauté shallot, green onion, garlic, until softened. Remove about half of the aromatics and save for the lobster sauce.
  2. Add in 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, ½ tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon sesame oil and ½ C water. Bring to a boil.
  3. Turn off the heat. Add the noodles to the sauce and toss to coat.
  4. Transfer noodles onto a serving plate.
Make the lobster sauce:
  1. In a wok, heat the vegetable oil and stir fry the flour, until light brown in color.
  2. Add in the reserved aromatics (shallot, green onion, garlic) and continue to cook, until softened.
  3. Next, add in soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, Shaoxing wine, pepper, ginger powder, chicken broth and water.
  4. Bring to a boil and cook until slightly thickened.
  5. Add in green onions, fried lobster and cook for another 2 minutes, tossing to coat evenly. Drizzle in sesame oil.
  6. Pour lobster and sauce over the noodles and serve immediately.

Nutrition Information

Calories 458kcal (23%) Carbohydrates 65g (22%) Protein 16g (32%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 7g (41%) Monounsaturated Fat 4g (20%) Trans Fat 0.1g (5%) Cholesterol 79mg (26%) Sodium 1224mg (51%) Potassium 426mg (9%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 6g (12%) Vitamin A 100IU (2%) Vitamin C 2mg (2%) Calcium 67mg (7%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 458

% Daily Value*

Calories 458kcal 23%
Carbohydrates 65g 22%
Protein 16g 32%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 7g 41%
Monounsaturated Fat 4g 20%
Trans Fat 0.1g 5%
Cholesterol 79mg 26%
Sodium 1224mg 51%
Potassium 426mg 9%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 6g 12%
Vitamin A 100IU 2%
Vitamin C 2mg 2%
Calcium 67mg 7%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.