Crispy Vegetarian Fried Noodles with Sauce

Jazz up your vegetarian chow mian. This is a Cantonese style of cooking. An all-time favourite in most credible Asian restaurants. It is usually listed as "lor hon" or monk's vegetarian noodles. You could also prepare the vegetable dish without noodles to compliment plain rice or bread.



Deep fry or grill thin egg noodles till crispy. Leave aside for later use.

Prepare vegetables :
- soak black fungus and remove hard portions
- slice baby corn
- wash and pluck green and white bok choy (the firm type that retains it's consistency after cooking)
- canned or fresh button mushrooms

To prepare the sauce : mix mushroom sauce, soy sauce, pepper, brown sugar, water and tapioca starch.
Stir fry the vegetables briefly. Combine with crispy noodles.
Boil the seasoning sauce. Pour over crispy noodles and vegetables.

Tasty Chap Chae - Stir Fry Vegetables with Glass Noodles

There are many ways of whipping up a delicious Korean Dish Chap Chae. The main ingredient is sweet potato noodles (mung bean vermicelli which is thinner could be
used with shorter cooking time).

Ingredients : Preparation
Soak noodles in warm water for 15 minutes. Rinse with cold water and drain.
Garlic and ginger - sliced thinly
Spinach
Green shallot - sliced thinly
Green or brown onion - slice thinly
Carrot - julienned
Hard tofu (white or deep fried) - slice into thin strips
Long white cabbage (Tianjin / Korean variety)
Shiitake mushrooms - sliced (use fresh directly or soak dried ones in water)
Chilli - slice thinly (alternatively, capsicum could be used)

Vegetable oil

Seasoning :
Soy sauce - according to taste
Korean fish sauce
Salt - final tasting
Sesame oil
Brown sugar (optional)
Sesame seeds (optional)

Fry garlic and onion in oil using a heavy pan till fragrant. (Do not turn the heat too high)

Fry vegetables in the sequence of hardest to cook to soft - mushrooms, carrot, cabbage, tofu, spinach, shallot. When vegetables are almost cooked, add blanched noodles and seasoning sauces. Mix well using large chopsticks.

Add sesame oil last. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top before serving.