Malaysia Recipes – Mr Tan’s Char Kway Teow

Ingredients (Serves 6)

• 300 gm diced shallots
• 12 cloves diced garlic
• 3 tbsp of chilli paste
• dark soy sauce to taste
• 300 gm raw and de-veined shrimps
• 300 gm bean sprouts
• 600 gm pre-blanched flat rice noodles
• 150 gm finely sliced and chopped chinese sausage or chorizo
• 12 eggs
• 6 tbsp of peanut oil
• 300 gm chopped spring onions and stalks

Method (2 portions)

This dish should be cooked at very high speed as it’s easier to cook 1 or 2 portions at a time.

1. Heat a wok over a very high heat and add 1 tbsp of oil.

2. When oil is very hot quickly add 50 gm shallots and 2 cloves garlic. Keep stirring at all times.

3. Then add

• 2 tsp chilli paste
•  50 gm shrimps
• 50 gm bean sprouts and stir for 30 seconds
• 100 gm pre-blanched noodles and stir for 30 seconds
• 1 dessert spoon of soy sauce, to taste
• 25 gm finely sliced sausage
• crack in 2 raw eggs and stir into the mixture
• throw in 50 gm of spring onion stalks and stir for 30 seconds

Serve immediately and start the next portion(s).