Penang Char Hor Fun
Penang Char Hor Fun (炒河粉) recipe - If you are a bachelor, perhaps you might want to try my recipe and make this dish for your girlfriend. And while you are at it, make some extras for your future parents-in-law, too!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 pack hor fun or flat rice noodles
- 1/2 pack vermicelli
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon kecap manis
Toppings:
- 12 shrimp peeled and deveined
- 12 pieces pork meat
- 12 bay scallops
- 12 thin pieces of fish cake
- 1/2 can chicken broth
- 5 stalks Chinese mustard green choy sum, cut into 2 inch length (5 cm)
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 3 cloves garlic minced
Starch:
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- 1/4 cup water
Seasoning:
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 dashes white pepper powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak the vermicelli in warm water for 15 minutes, or until soft. Drain and set aside.
- Break the flat rice noodles apart by peeling the layers and set aside.
- Heat a wok and add 1 1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Toss in the vermicelli and stir quickly. Add 1/2 tablespoon of soy sauce and 1/2 tablespoon of kecap manis.
- Continue to stir the vermicelli until the soy sauce and kecap manis are well blended in. Keep stirring until the vermicelli are lightly burned or charred. Dish up and set aside. Repeat the same process for the flat rice noodles, then dish up and set aside.
- Add some oil to a wok and stir-fry the minced garlic until fragrant. Then, add the pork, shrimp, bay scallops, and fish cake, and stir quickly.
- Add the chicken broth and 1 1/4 cups of water immediately. Incorporate all the seasonings and bring to a boil. Then, add the starch mixture to thicken the gravy. Finally, add the mustard greens, give it a quick stir, and turn off the heat.
- On a plate, arrange the fried vermicelli and flat rice noodles evenly. Pour the gravy and toppings over the noodles and vermicelli. Serve hot.
Nutrition
Serving: 4people | Calories: 418kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 1056mg | Potassium: 280mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg