Fried "Mee Hoon"

 

Ingredients:

 

1. ½ packet mee hoon (soak the mee hoon in a pot of warm water)

 

2. 5 cloves of garlic

 

3. 2 onions

 

4. 2 tbsp chili paste

 

5. 2 tbsp of dried shrimp

 

6. 2 tbsp of anchovies

 

7. A stalk of chives

 

8. ½ kg Fresh prawns/ Fish Cake

 

9. 2 eggs

 

10. 2 soft tofu’s

 

10. 2 Red chilies

 

11. Oil

 

12. Salt

 

Method:

 

1. Pound garlic and onions separately- keep it aside

 

2. Pound the dried shrimp and anchovy’s together to a fine paste (You can also add some cili padi if you want it to be really spicy)

 

3. Chop the chives and red chilies keep it aside for garnishing later

 

4. Heat oil, fry the eggs and tofu’s separately – keep it aside

 

5. Then fry the pounded garlic and onions, add a pinch of salt to this

 

6. Once it’s brown add the pounded shrimps and anchovies and let it fry till it brown and crispy

 

7. Add the chili paste to the mixture and fry till the oil separates

 

8. Once the oil separates add the fresh prawn (you can replace with fish cake or any other seafood or even chicken)-add salt

 

9. Cook about 2-3 minutes and add the soaked mee hoon. Mix it well till the mee hoon is fully coated with chili-shrimp paste, check for salt add more if needed

 

10. At this stage you can add the fried eggs and tofu. Off the stove and add the chives to the mee hoon. Garnish with red chilies.

 

*  This is one of my dads and husband's fav dish!!