Stir-fried Glass Noodles

Fancy something simple yet filling for your dinner? Okay, try stir-frying glass noodles.

The ingredients:

1. Glass noodles
2. Minced pork
3. Dried shrimps
4. Tong cai (salted vegetables)
5. Minced garlic
6. A bowl of soup (chicken/pork) (can be the leftover soup from the previous day)
7. Soy sauce
8. Sesame oil
9. Chopped spring onions

The steps:

1. Boil a pot of water and when it is boiled, switch off the gas stove. Put in the uncooked glass noodles into the pot, close its lid and leave it aside for less than 5 minutes.
2. Put in a small bowl of minced pork into the frying pan (no cooking oil is needed here as the pork is oily but you need a non-stick frying pan). Stir it until it is cooked and fragrant.
3. Put in a small portion of dried shrimp into the pan and stir it well.
4. Next, put in a small bowl of tong cai and mix them well.
5. Add in chopped garlic and a small bowl of soup (chicken or pork).
6. Then, add in two table spoons of soy sauce (may add in more if prefer saltier).
7. Drain the glass noodles and scoop them into the frying pan.
8. Close the lid of the pan for 40 seconds.
9. Open up the lid and sprinkle some chopped spring onions and sesame oil (optional).

(Source: Feng Shu's Cooking Class TV programme)

Fried glass noodles

My version of the recipe:

I have replaced the salted vegetables with fresh leafy mustard. Therefore, I have added a teaspoon of salt. To add colour to the transparent glass noodles, I have used dark soy sauce in addition to the soy sauce.

Note:

• Glass noodles which are also known as cellophane noodles or tang hoon (in Hokkien dialect) are common in Chinese cooking. They can be stir-fried or cooked in soup. They are tasteless on their own but they can absorb the flavour of the sauce that they are cooked with.
• This recipe uses soup to cook the glass noodles. So, if you have leftover soup from the previous day, this is where you can use the soup. Therefore, you do not need to add sugar to the glass noodles.
• If you follow step 1, the glass noodles will have more elasticity as it is not overcooked.
• This is a healthier meal as cooking oil is not used at all.