RICE NOODLES STIR FRY WITH MEAT AND VEGETABLES

January 8, 2021

Do you sometimes encounter with the days when opening the fridge, you see random pieces of ingredients but have little idea how to make them into a proper meal? Good news! The dish of rice noodles stir fry with meat and vegetables is perfect for this situation.

Basically you just need to gather the available ingredients, cut each into strips, and stir fry them all together with the rice noodles. It is a very spontaneous dish, requesting little time to prepare. The unique flavor coming from the rice noodles and the seasonings (soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc.) reminds you the typical Asian flavors. It is indeed a dish costing little time and super easy to prepare.

Before jumping to the recipe, let me just go through few tips to make the cooking process easier.

HOW TO PREPARE THE RICE NOODLES

I've tried various methods to prepare the rice noodles for a stir-fry dish, including those shown in online tutorials as well as the ones suggested on the package. Many had suggested to soak or cook the rice noodles in hot water in advance. However my experiences had shown me that rice noodles prepared like that tended to break into short pieces during stir-frying.

The way I recommend to avoid the rice noodles from breaking into pieces and at the same time achieving a bouncy texture is to soak them in COLD WATER.

Soak the rice noodles in cold water for 20 minutes before draining off. Then keep the softened rice noodles in a bowl for air dry without covering up. In this way the rice noodles shall be with an elastic texture and ready to be tossed in the wok.

THE COOKING PROCEDURES

An easy formula applicable to make any rice noodles stir-fry dish:

Soak the rice noodles in cold water for softening
Stir-fry the protein (meat, shrimps, tofu, egg, etc.) one by one separately
Stir-fry the vegetables
Add in the rice noodles and the condiments
Add back the protein
Give a final toss

See the below recipe for the detailed preparations

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RICE NOODLES STIR FRY WITH MEAT AND VEGETABLES

Recipe by Sasha WangCourse: SECOND COURSECuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Low

Servings

persons

Preparation

minutes

Cooking

minutes

Total Time

minutes

INGREDIENTS

Rice noodles: 125g
Onion: 70g
Bean sprouts: 80g
Carrot: 70g
PORK & SEASONINGS
Pork: 250g
Soy sauce: 3 tbsp
Dark soy sauce: 1/2 tbsp
Oyster sauce: 1 tbsp
Sichuan pepper powder: 1 tsp
Sesame oil: 1 tbsp
SHRIMPS & SEASONINGS
Shrimps: 140g
Soy sauce: 1 tbsp
White pepper: 2g
OTHER CONDIMENTS:
Soy sauce: 3 tbsp
Dark soy sauce: 1/2 tbsp
Oyster sauce: 1 tbsp
Salt
Sunflower oil
Coriander (optional)
Chives (optional)

Preparation

Soak the rice noodles in cold water (tap water) for 20 minutes. Drain the water and leave the rice noodles in a bowl for later use.
Cut the pork into strips and marinate it with the seasonings listed above.
Tap the shrimps with kitchen paper to remove the water on surface. Marinate it with the seasonings listed above.
Cut the onion into thin strips.
Cut the carrot into a julienne.
Heat up a wok with sunflower oil. Put the shrimps into the wok and stir-fry them for 1 minute. Take them out once cooked.
Stir-fry the pork until the color turns white. Take them out for later use.
Add extra oil into the wok and put the onion and carrot to stir-fry. Add in a little salt and keep stirring until the vegetables are cooked.
Add the bean sprouts into the wok and keep stir-frying for 1 minute.
Put the rice noodles into the wok. Add 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce onto the rice noodles. Mix everything evenly.
Put back the shrimps and pork. Stir-fry, in the meanwhile mix them with other ingredients evenly.
Garnish some coriander and chopped chives. Enjoy it while it's hot!

NOTE

You can replace the pork with other meat. For example chicken breast, beef or veal are all good options.
Feel free to use other seasonal vegetables. It is suggested to use vegetables that can be cut into long strips and doesn't take too long to cook.

Hope you enjoy this dish! Get ready to cook and get excited with your chopsticks to taste this authentic Asian dish! 😋🥢

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