There are lots of temptations when roaming my trusted food store: fried noodles ready for serving are everywhere – if deep frozen w/ vegetables & meat or shrimps (ready for the microwave), if in the fresh section (also ready for the microwave or the frying pan), if dried (ready for adding water and marching in a pan or pot … the instant way of noodles). Also you may get freshly prepared fried noodles from one of the booths you’ll usually find somewhere in the food store area …
Nevertheless I started preparing my very own fried noodles. It’s easier & faster than you may think.
What do we need?
- Mie noodles (dried Asian wheat noodles with eggs)
- an onion
- a red pepper
- some slices of bacon
- eggs
- fresh ginger
- fresh garlic
- light soy sauce
- sweet hot chili sauce
- sesame oil
- five-spices-powder
- some spring onions.
We start preparing the Mie noodles … Just bring water to a boil in a pot and drop in the packets of Mie noodles. Watch it restart boiling – then set the pot aside & let the noodles linger in the hot water for some minutes. (The exact times will be on the package of the Mie noodles.) Then drain the noodles & rinse them under cold water. Set aside.
Then start chopping …
- the red pepper
- the onion
- the bacon
- the fresh garlic
- the fresh ginger
- the spring onions …
… and set aside.
Next step is mixing the sauce mess out of the basic sauces, the sesame oil & the five-spices-powder. Set aside.
Finally whisk the eggs and bake them in a pan slightly oiled w/ peanut oil. When the eggs are like a pancake just let it glide onto a wooden board and slice it into small stripes. Set aside.
Now we are ready to start the frying session!
Add some peanut oil to a pan & start frying the bacon with the garlic & the ginger. Add the onion & the pepper.
After some minutes – don’t forget to stir the mess continuously – add the sauce … and immediately after this add the Mie noodles.
… and stir – until all is well combined. Add the stripes of baked eggs … and maybe increase the temperature to get some crispy noodles!
Before serving sprinkle the mess w/ the chopped spring onions!
Enjoy!
- 125 g Mie noodles (2 packets)
- 30 g bacon (3 slices)
- 1 red pepper
- 1 red onion
- 3 spring onions
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp peanut oil (divided)
- 1 tbsp ginger (finely chopped or grated)
- 2 gloves of garlic (finely chopped or pressed)
- 2-3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2-3 tbsp sweet hot chili sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (roasted)
- 1 tsp five-spices-powder (levelled)
- salt (to taste)
- The Mie noodles: boil & simmer & drain & rinse with cold water. Pls read the instruction on the package about the times. Set the cooked noodles aside.
- Chop the bacon, the red pepper & the red onion and set aside.
- Chop finely the fresh garlic (or press it) & the fresh ginger (or grate it). Set aside.
- Mix the light soy sauce, the sweet hot chili sauce & the roasted sesame oil; add the five-spices-powder. Set aside.
- Whisk the eggs & fry the mess in peanut oil. Cut the baked eggs into stripes. Set aside.
- In the same pan as the eggs fry the bacon, the garlic &the ginger for some minutes (3-4 min) in the rest of the peanut oil. Add the red pepper & the onion and fry for another 3-4 min.
- Add the sauce mix, stir and add immediately the cooked noodles. Stir & fry for some minutes (4-5 min). Add the baked egg.
- If you like you may increase the heat to get some crispy noodles.
- Finalize with some salt and/or soy sauce.
- Sprinkle the finely chopped spring onions on top.
- Serve immediately.
