Singapore Chow Mein

andygb

I really love this dish, but have only just started making it from scratch, and although the flavour is good, it is not quite like the ones I have had from restaurants.
I use:

Ready to fry egg noodles
Bean sprouts
Sliced onions
Red and Green Peppers cut into fine slices
Peas (frozen ones)
Finely chopped Red Chillis
Salt, pepper, five spice, turmeric powder
Crushed garlic cloves
Grated ginger

Meat:
Pork fillet, chicken, prawns - marinated in sweet chilli sauce overnight, then cut into strips and put on skewers and grilled.

I fry onions, garlic, chillis, ginger, spice, then add the noodles, peppers and bean sprouts. I use a high heat, with about 1 tablespoon of oil, and move the ingredients around, coating them with the spices.
I then add the meat, and a little soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce - not too much though, because I do not want the dish to become too dry.
I think that hot chilli oil would be better than sweet chilli sauce, so perhaps someone else can tell me if they have cooked this before.
It is so quick and cheap to make, and it puts most takeaways in the shade.

Andy

eranou

I like to use rice noodles in mine.

andygb

eranou wrote: »

I like to use rice noodles in mine.

That makes a much finer version doesn't it? Do you think hot chilli oil will make it a more savoury dish?

Bronnie

Try adding a spoon of this!

http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/display-product.php?ref=80266&currentpageref=2494

hot.chick

try adding some goldfish curry paste - will make a very authentic tasting dish

you can get this really cheaply from ebay if you don't have a chinese supermarket near you - they have stocked it in tesco from time to time aswell.

Pee

That sounds really good and remarkably low fat.

Thank you.

I think the sweet chilli sauce might add a lot as there are chopped chillis in there as well.

Pretani

chili bean sauce, instead of chillis is a good idea.