Category Archives: Noodles

Dried Noodle with Eggplant Sauce

September 11, 2018 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

Recently, noodles become the most frequently-seen dish on my table. When I am too busy to cook, I turn to noodles. When I don’t know what to eat, I turn to noodles. Noodles are really my good friends.

Eggplant is always my good friend. So I decide to put both of my good friends in one dish. And ……. eat them. 🙂

1. Chop eggplant into medium strips. Black fungus and green chili into shreds. Also prepare chopped garlic.

2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Fry fish Ngoh Hiang slices a bit. You can also choose minced pork.

3. Add in eggplants. Fry till soft.

4. Add in 2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce, and 1 tsp sugar. Mix well.

5. Pour in 1/4 cup water. Also add in black fungus. Simmer a bit.

6. When the water reduces, add in a little starch water.

7. Add in garlic and chili. Quickly stir fry a bit. Season with salt.

Pour eggplant over cooked and drained noodles.

Noodles, Pasta

One Pot Tomato Sausage Linguine

September 3, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

My husband is on a short trip to China. While I am home alone, I try to figure out some dishes that are simple and easy to cook. One-pot dish is always my first choice.

1. Prepare sausage (cut into slices), two tomatoes (peeled and chopped), one small chopped onion, 2 cloves chopped garlic, mixed vegetables, chicken stock (or water).

2. Heat a little oil in a pan. Add in sausage slices. Fry a bit till brownish.

3. Garlic and onion in. Sauté till aromatic.

4. Put all the tomato dice in. If you want it easier, you can also choose to use tomato purée. Sprinkle a little salt. Simmer tomato a bit till juice comes out.

5. Pour in chicken stock. Bring to boil.

6. Add in linguine or pasta you like. Cook for 7 mins.

7. Add in mixed vegetables and cook for another 3 mins.

In the last several mins, you can turn to the high heat to reduce the sauce.

Season with salt and black pepper.

Chinese, Noodles

Spring Onion Noodles

July 9, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Another popular dish in China. Very simple to cook. All you need are spring onion, oil, noodles, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar.

1. Cut spring (4-6 stalks or more) into small strips around 3-5 cm.

2. Heat 1-2 tablespoon oil in the pan.

3. Add in chopped spring onion. Fry with low heat till spring onion turns dark brown in color. If you don’t like the black spring onion, you can take them out before the next step.

4. In a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce and 1/2 tablespoon sugar.

5. Pour the sauce into pan. Stir till sugar melts.

6. Turn off the heat. Let the sauce cool down and blend in cooked noodles. Blend them well.

You can make more sauce and save in the refrigerator for later use.

My husband tried it and loved it.

Noodles

Quick & Easy Fried Noodles

June 25, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

When I don’t have much time to cook, I always choose fried noodles to make a simple but delicious meal.

Vegetable part:

1 small onion, 1 stalk leek, 1 small carrot, 1/8 head of casbahs, 1/2 cup bean sprouts.

Expect bean sprouts, chop other vegetables into shreds. Cabbage can be a little thicker.

Prepare sauce:

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

2 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tsp sugar

Mix them well in a small bowl.

If you choose raw noodles, you need to precook them in hot water. If you choose cooked noodles, then skip this step.

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the pan.

2. Sauté onion first till aromatic. Add in carrots, stir fry till softened.

3. Then add in cabbage, bean sprouts and leek. Stir fry for 1 min. Add in 1 tsp shaoxing wine to remove the grass smell of bean sprouts.

4. Set vegetables apart.

5. Wipe the pan clean and dry. Heat 1 tablespoon oil.

6. Place cooked noodles inside. Don’t stir them immediately. Let them get a bit golden brown.

7. Stir fry noodles. Add in 1/3 sauce along the pan. Stir fry evenly.

8. Every time add in 1/3 sauce and stir fry for 1-2 mins.

9. Put all the fried vegetables in. Blend evenly.

Serve with fried egg if you want.

Noodles, Pork

Lor Mee

April 7, 2018 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

1. In a deep pot, add in 1/2 2 cups water, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce, ginger slices, garlic slices, 1 tablespoon five spice powder and 20g sugar. Bring to boil.

2. Add in 1 strip of pork belly. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30 mins.

3. Add in 2 hard boiled eggs and simmer for another 15-20 mins.

4. Blanch yellow noodles in boiling water. Rinse under cold water and drain. Set in the plate.

5. Take the pork belly and eggs out to cool down. Leave 1 cup braised soy in the pot. Add in a 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce and salt to season.

6. Add in 1 beaten egg. Stir while pouring. At last, add in starch water to thicken the sauce.

7. Serve noodles with braised pork belly slices, braised egg, fish cake, and thick sauce over it.

Noodles, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Noodles with Peanut Butter

March 27, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Noodles with peanut butter is a typical dish of Sha Xian Delicacy(沙县小吃). Sha Xian delicacy is really popular in China. And the restaurants are all over China. The food is famous for good taste and low price.

Key part for this dish is sauce.

1. Chop 1 stalk spring onion.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the pan. Sauté chopped spring onion till aromatic.

3. Pour spring onion with oil in a small bowl.

4. Add in 1 tablespoon peanut butter, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 tsp white sesame and 1 tsp vinegar. Mix well with spring onion oil.

5. Pour sauce over cooked noodles.

Mix well and ready to serve.

Dumplings, Noodles, Uncategorized

Wanton Noodles

March 11, 2018 chinesetuition88 3 Comments

As a Chinese born and grew up in northern part of China, I’m very familiar with noodles. Yet, its very difficult for me to cook southern pattern noodles well, like rice noodle, Hokkien mee. I tried wanton noodles before and it didn’t turn out well. I guess the main reason is that I didn’t pay much attention to the difference between southern noodles and northern noodles. Northern noodles are more hard and thicker. They need more time to be cooked. That is completely different from southern ones.

I corrected my way of cooking wanton noodle this time.

Noodle was bought from supermarket and so was the wanton wrap.

1. Prepare the wanton filling:

Minced pork (100g), some shrimps ( around 10), 1 stalk spring onion, 1 small slice ginger, 3-4 water chestnut. Chop them together and let them be sticky to each other.

Put chopped pork and shrimp in a bowl. Mix in several whole shrimps. Add in 2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tsp sesame oil. Mix all well.

Put one spoonful filling in the middle of the wanton wrap. Then pinch the edges. If the wrap is easily to open up. You can dip your finger in water and brush the edge before pinch.

2. Boil a big pot of water. Add in one pinch of salt. Boil wantons for 5-8 mins. Then drain them.

3. Blanch noodles in the boiling water for 2 mins. Then soak them in cold water. In the boiling water for another minute. In the cold water again. And drain at last.

4. Put bai Choy in boiling water for 2 mins. And drain them.

5. In the plate, add in 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 2 tsp oyster sauce, 2 tsp wanton Soup stock. Mix well.

6. Put drained noodle in the plate. Have a good mix with sauce.

7. Side the dish with wantons, bai choy and char siew. (I cooked dark sauce pork belly instead). Recipe:

https://foodrecipe33.com/2016/09/08/braised-pork-in-brown-sauce/

My husband loved it very much. He suggested me to open a small restaurant some day after I retire or if I don’t want to continue doing my current work. 🙂

Chinese, Noodles, Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Stir-fry Prawn Hokkien Noodles

October 30, 2017 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

The real stir-fry hokkien noodles need squid and pork. But here I didn’t use them. And this recipe is different from the real one.

1. Beat two eggs in a bowl. Heat oil in the pan and make scrambled egg.

2. Take the egg out. Fry the Prawns till pink and set them aside too.

3. Heat the pan again. Add in chopped garlic and onion. Sauté a bit.

4. Add the Hokkien noodles in. Stir fry a bit. Add in 2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp light soy sauce and 1/2 pepper powder. Stir evenly.

5. Put the Prawns back in the pan, also add chopped cabbage and chye sim stem. Stir fry a bit. Pour in 1 cup broth. ( I used the Prawn ribs broth which I made before)

6. Simmer for 5 mins. Add in bean sprouts, chye sim leaves.

7. Add in scrambled egg. Stir fry evenly.

Serve hot.

My husband loves this dish.

Noodles, Pork, Prawn, Ribs, Soup, Uncategorized

Homemade Prawn Ribs Noodle Soup

October 25, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

Prawn ribs noodle soup is a Singapore local dish. It’s also one of my husband’s favourite ones. The key of this dish is broth.

Main ingredients are ribs, Prawns, and noodles.

1. Remove the shell and heads of Prawns. Don’t thrown them away.

2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Sauté chopped garlic till aromatic.

3. Add in prawn heads and shell. Stir fry till red.

4. Pour in hot water around 1 liter. Add in ribs, star anise, 1 tsp ground clove, 1 tsp white pepper powder, around 10g rock sugar, 1 tsp dark soy sauce and 1 tsp light soy sauce. Stir a bit. Bring to boil. Then turn to low heat and simmer for 2-3 hours. Season with salt.