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Minced meat noodles


This quickie noodle dish works well as a one-dish meal.  I used fresh flat egg noodles, added a bit of mushrooms, meat, beans,  Chinese sausage and tadaa.....a meal is ready for a hungry soul!








These noodles are indeed tasty and satisfying.  Every morsel can be swallowed as there are no bones to pick!  Great to enjoy with a hot cup of  Chinese tea, right in front of your TV screen!

Ingredients
  • 120 gm chicken breast, diced
  • 3 dried shitake mushrooms, washed, soaked and diced
  • 100 gm french beans, diced
  • 1 Chinese sausage, sliced
  • 3 servings fresh flat egg noodles
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2  tsp cornflour + 2 tsp water to thicken
  • Salt
Seasoning for the chicken meat
  • 1/2  tsp each of :  salt, sugar, light soay sauce and dark soya sauce
  • 1  tsp oyster sauce
  • a dash of pepper
Preparation
  1. Stir-fry the sausage with some oil, then add in the seasoned chicken meat and mushrooms.
  2. Shallow fry for a while, then add in the water to simmer.
  3. Once cooked, test for taste and add in the cornflour mixture to thicken.
  4. Toss in the diced beans, give it a quick stir.  Set aside.
  5. Loosen the noodles and cook them in a pot of boiling salted  water, keep stirring for about 4 to 5 mins.
  6. Strain and rinse over running tap water, return to the pot, give it a quick stir. 
  7. Dish out, drain dry of water and mix into the pan of meat and mushrooms.
  8. Toss and mix well, dish out onto plates.
  9. Serve immediately.

Comments

  1. Cheah, I havent had lunch, so please courier a plate over. I am salivating liao ....

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  2. 3 servings fresh flat egg noodles is equivalent to many grams? See you make me feel so hungry now?

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  3. Cheah, this is simply delicious. I love to cook noodle or fried rice for my family so I don't have to do so many washing ;DD

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  4. Yummy Bakes
    The noodles are the wonton mee type, but flat and thicker ones, so 1 'ball' for 1 serving.

    Anncoo
    Ya, I'm always game for one dish/pot meal, less work!

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  5. I cook something similar too, great on lazy days :P

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  6. pigpigscorner
    Yes, totally agree with you!

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  7. A great recipe for during the week, well anytime really but nice all in one pot. Thanks for sharing, look forward to trying.

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  8. I love simple & easy recipe, and I love your quikie noodle ... looks good & simply delicious!

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  9. 1 servinng not enough for me, i need two!!

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  10. I like it on my udong noodle! Very tempting as well.
    Kristy

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