Hokkien Mee 炒福建面

Cook this dish last week for the first time. Not too bad. My hubby rated it 4-star. ^_^ I like it because it's simple and fast to cook. ^_-

Ingredients:

• Yellow flat noodles
• Prawns, shells removed and deveined
• Squids, sliced
• Cai Xin, cut into section
• Fish cakes, sliced
• Stock or water
• Corn starch mixture

Seasonings:

• 1/2 tablespoon Dark Soy Sauce
• 1/2 Oyster Sauce

How to do it:

1. Stir-fried the prawns, squids, fish cakes and cai xin with garlic.
2. Set aside.
3. In a pot, cook the noodle with enough stock to cover it.
4. When the noodle is cooked, add in the seasonings, prawns, squids, fish cakes and cai xin.
5. Let it cook for ½ minute then slowly stir-in the corn-starch mixture to thicken the sauce.
6. Serve.

Note:

You can add any other ingredients of your choice. You can also blanch your ingredients instead of stir-frying. I only add-in the ingredients to the noodles during the last part so not to over-cook them. Adjust the amount of seasonings. If you like a darker look for your noodles, add more dark soy sauce.

Deep Fried Tofu Cubes 酥炸豆腐块

This is a quick and simple dish. I’m surprise my son likes it too!

Ingredients:

• 1 box silken tofu for frying
• Cornflour for dusting
• Oil for frying
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Water

Dipping sauce:

• Few sprigs of Coriander, chopped finely
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• ½ tablespoon sesame seed oil
• ½ tablespoon apple cider or white vinegar
• ½ tablespoon sugar
• Red chilli, diced (optional)

How to do it:

1. Cut tofu into bit size cubes.
2. Add salt to the water.
3. Sit tofu in the salted water for 5 minutes
4. Drain the tofu.
5. Pat dry by gently pressing the tofu in between 2 pieces of paper kitchen towels.
6. Coat tofu cubes with cornflour.
7. Heat oil and deep fry the cubes.
8. Remove when tofu turns golden brown.
9. To make dipping sauce, mix all ingredients together.
10. Serve hot.

Note:
I like to poke a hole in the tofu cubes then pour some sauce in it. Then eat the whole piece. Nice! If you are eating my way, you need more sauce!!