[CH] Hot noodles
Doug Irvine (dougandmarie@home.com)
Sat, 07 Aug 1999 21:06:49 -0700
Tonight, I could not make up my mind what to do for dinner...had Chinese
egg noodles, Shanghai style, had one lb block of tofu(ya there, Gareth?)
about a half pound of fresh rock shrimp, shelled and deveined, and of
course, Chilies!....here is the result, Marie made me type it! This is a
sorta fusion dish of Thai, and Indonesian, and Chinese(where it all
started anyway!) So here goes...it really is very good, my wife said so:
Doug's Fusion Asian Noodles
1/2 lb egg noodles, Shanghai style
1 lb firm tofu, weighted and dried , and cut into squares
1/2 lb fresh shrimp, shelled and deveined
1/2 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into shreds, longitudinally!
3 serrano peppers, or more, seeded, and cut into strips " !
1 medium onion,cut into shreds
1 medium carrot, shredded(watch the fingers, I didnt!)(extra protein)
1 one inch knob of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped fine
4 green onions(scallions) chopped up into 1/2 inch lengths
1 tbls hot red Thai chile paste
1/2 cup chicken stock,plus cooking wine, oyster sauce, fish
sauce...these ingredients are a must for me in any Asian dish..use as
you wish, taste, and add, taste and add, etc, etc!
Stir fry the tofu squares in about a 1/4 cup of peanut oil,until all are
browned, then set aside and keep warm...assuming that you have soaked
the noodles in hot water, drain them and keep warm.Place all of the
vegetables in a bowl, and set aside. Get about two tbls peanut oil hot
in a wok, add the garlic, ginger, and chile paste to the oil and stir
fry until fragrant, then add the noodles, keeping the heat up, and stir
frying as you add a good shot of fish sauce, and a good shot of Chinese
cooking wine, then add the chicken stock, and the vegetables, and
pulling it all away from one side of the wok, add a little more oil, and
the shrimps and tofu pieces...very carefully mix this all together,
taste for heat and seasoning, add more heat, Calvin's does great, cover,
and turn heat off, then serve, with a steam bun or egg roll or pot
stickers...we had steam bun! But I shoulda done pot stickers! Enjoy,
this is an all in one meal...cheers,Doug in BC....and i served it with
pickled ginger and my just home made soy sauce,Ketjup Manis sorta.