Most of the time, my granny or mom will cook mee sua soup, which is a very simple dish. Because with any soup, just add in mee sua, it will become a filling meal. I can take mee sua day in day out without complaints.
Lately I have been having headache what to cook so I decided to try stir fried mee sua. To my surprise, it tastes good.
Ingredients wise, you can choose whichever you prefer. There is no restriction. Just remember to basic - Fry the mee sua then boil the mee sua. It's one more step but worthwhile.
Ingredients (Serve 4)
4 bundles of mee sua
6 kailan/caixin
8 fresh scallops
8 prawns, deveined
1 cod fillet
Pork tenderloin/Chicken thigh
Half a carrot, shredded
Braising sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 rice bowl of water
1 tsp shaoxing/huatiao wine
1 dash of fish sauce
1 dash of pepper
Method
1. Pour some oil in a frying pan. Amount of oil to use will be determine by the mee sua. Please ensure that it is enough to cover half of the mee sua. after 3 minutes or so, use a chopsticks or tongs to gently turn the mee sua to the other side. The mee sua must be golden brown. Don't worry if you over fried it and it becomes darker brown. As long as it is not char.
2. Once the mee sua becomes a nice brown inside out, remove and set aside to allow excess oil to drip off. I placed them on kitchen towel.
3. Boil a pot of water, place the mee sua inside to allow them to soften. Use a chopstick to loosen mee sua. Once cooked, remove the mee sua and set aside.
4. Season the fish and pork tenderloin for 10 minutes. Set aside.
a. Slice the pork tenderloin thinly. Season with soy sauce and sesame oil.
b. Cut the cod fillet into 1 inch length. Season with pepper, sesame oil and soy sauce.
5. In a bowl, add the ingredients in the braising sauce and mix well. Set aside.
Now you are ready to use a wok to stir fry the rest of the ingredients.
6. In a heated wok, add a tsp of cooking oil. Add pork and stir fry for a 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Add in the prawns and scallops. Stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
8. At this time, use a tongs or chopstick, add the mee sua bit by bit and stir fry. This is to avoid breaking the mee sua.
9. Add in the cod and kailan and carrot. Give it a few stir.
Note: I like my kailan crunchy so I added it late. Fish tends to cook pretty quickly, so it is added in last.
10. Pour in the braising sauce. Give it a few stir again. You can choose to cover the wok with a lid til the water reduce or just gently stir fried till the sauce is reduced.
Note: Those who doesn't like fish sauce, like Mr W. You can choose to omit it.
After cooking this stir fried mee sua, I don't think I will order this from any restaurant or zi char anymore.
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