Fried Rice Noodles (Meehoon)

Ingredients

• 1 (400 g) packet rice noodles
• soaked in water to soften and drained
• 34 cup cooking oil
• 1 cup beef
• 2 square bean curd
• fried and sliced
• 3 tablespoons dried shrimp
• pounded
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons sweet soya sauce
• 3 tablespoons chili paste
• 5 garlic cloves
• pounded
• 3 small onions
• pounded
• 300 g bean sprouts
• 200 g fresh chives
• cut into 4cm
• 14 small cabbage
• finely shredded
• 2 beaten eggs
• 3 stalks spring onions
• cut into 2 inch lenghts
• 12 cup fried shallot
• lime wedge

Instructions

1. Heat oil and fry pounded ingredients and chilli paste for 1 minute Then add oyster sauce, sweet soya sauce, beef and stir fry until beef cooked.
2. Add cabbage and salt.
3. Add in beaten eggs and noodles, stir fry for another 2 to 3 minutes Add bean sprout, chives and sliced bean curd.
4. Stir until cooked.
5. Removed from heat and garnish with fried shallot, spring onions, sliced red chilli, lime, omelette/hard boil eggs(optional), tomato, etc.
6. You can replace beef with prawns and squid or chicken cube.