Topic: Noodles
We were fasting with my hubby yesterday and I had no prior plan on what to prepare for our Iftar, Donna cooked rice and she asked me what should we cook for viand, being not used of eating rice during Iftar time it seemed that I was not interested with it so I plan to cook some noodles, and this was what I prepared. Actually this dish was almost similar to Pad Thai that I posted before, however I used ground beef this time, I added carrots and I used sweet soy sauce instead of fish sauce. I did not include vinegar also, I wanted it to be a combination of sweet and salty noodles, no pepper at all. It was really something different.
Ingredients:
100 g flat rice noodles
2/3 cup ground beef
1 ? cup mung bean sprouts
1 medium carrot, julienned
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, minced
3 tbsp. sesame oil
1 tbsp. light soy sauce
2 tbsp. sweet soy sauce
Salt to taste
1 stalk of green onions, cut into 1 inch length
Directions:
1. Soak noodles for 10-15 minutes. Drain, then cut into 4 inches length.
2. Heat oil in a wok, saute garlic and onions. Stir fry ground beef until color changes. Add carrots and salt. Stir for 1 minute.
3. Add noodles, stir to mix well. Sprinkle some water if the noodles will tend to stick in the wok. Then add light and sweet soy sauce. Stir gently, be careful not to break the noodles. Cook until the noodles are tender.
4. Add the sprouts and green onions, mix well. Cook for 30-45 seconds then remove from heat immediately.
5. Add lemon and chili powder if desired.