Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles

Noodles are the most fascinating form of food and it has been dazzling us all since our childhood.

From maggie noodles to the hybird Chinese noodles and pastas our moms used to make for us to the chowmein from the desi influenced Chinese restaurants noodles have never failed to make us feel excited.

As I got into cooking and explored more cuisines I tried many form of pastas and noodles. Today I will try one more type of noodles which are known as Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles and is one of teh most famous street foods in Indonesia.

INGREDIENTS FOR SAUCE:

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce or oyster sauce

1 tablespoon red chili sauce

(click on this link http://chefshamsher.blogspot.com/2015/09/thai-red-curry-chicken.html to see how to make red pepper paste)

¼ cup chicken stock

1 tablespoon honey

2 teaspoon fish sauce

INGREDIENTS FOR STIR FRY:

200 grams of chinese egg noodles

2 Tbs cooking oil

200 grams of shrimps or your favorite type of meat

2 cloves garlic finely chopped

½ onion finely chopped

1 small carrot, sliced

Half cababge cut in bite size

beansprouts (can find it at alfatah or green valley if not then skip)


1 egg for serving

Add one tablespoon of oil in a owk on high heat and fry the shrimps. 

Season with salt and pepper and take them out as soon as they change color.

Make the sauce by adding chicken stock, soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, red chili paste and honey in a bowl.

Mix it well.

Add one more tablespoon of oil in a wok and add chopped garlic and onion. Fry until the garlic is brown and onions are translucent.

Add carrots and cabbage and fry for 2 minutes.

Season the vegetables with black pepper and salt according to your taste.

Add noodles to the wok and pour the sauce over it.

Mix the noodles well.

Add shrimps and been sprouts. Stir them in properly.

I had a green onion so I diced it inside as well.

Fry an egg. Sunny side up.

Serve Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles with a fried egg and sprinkle some sesame seeds on it. Do try it it is amazing.

Stir Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts

It is winter season and I am having my first experience with negative temperatures. So, I keep two things close to me, one of them is sea food and the other one is nuts. My nuts are obviously attached to me but I am talking about almonds, cashew nuts, pecans, pistachio and various other types of nuts.

Craving Chinese food recently made me want to make one of my favorite recipes of all time which is Stir Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts.

I always have a love and hate relationship with Chinese food. Love it because it is delicious and hate it because it takes so long to prepare it and not so long to eat.

INGREDIENTS:

500 gram boneless chicken, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1/2 cup of cashew nuts, salted roasted preferred

4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1.5 tablespoons of chopped ginger

4-6 green onions sliced (keep the whites and the greens separated)

1 bell pepper of any color, cut into cubes

1/2 teaspoon of red chili flakes

1 cup chicken broth

2 tablespoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

1.5 teaspoons of cornflour

Marinate the chicken in a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of black pepper.

Finely chop the ginger and garlic.

Heat 3 tablespoons of vegetable or canola oil in a pan and stir fry the chicken, garlic and ginger for 5 minutes until the chicken changes it color like the people in your life and is properly cooked.

Take out the chicken once it is cooked and chop the rest of your vegetables.

Now in the same pan or wok add the mushrooms and the sliced white part of thegreen onion and stir fry for 1 minute. 

Add the cashew nuts and red chili flakes.

Let these fry for a 2-3 minutes.

Meanwhile in a bowl mix, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chicken broth and flour.

Add bell pepper to the wok, fry it for a minute and add the chicken with the sauce you just made.

Fry until your desired thickness of the sauce.

I had a some bean sprouts in the fridge so I added them as well.

Give everything a good stir and by this point Stir Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts is ready to serve.

Serve this with steamed brown or white rice or boiled noodles or even fried rice or noodles. You can hank me later.