Stir-fry noodles

This recipe is very similar to my Pancit Bihon recipe. The main difference is that I use rice noodle in the Pancit recipe. In this one, I use either Udon noodles or Ramen (Maggi noodles is also Ramen).

Ingredients:

Noodles: 2 packets
Bacon - 4 strips
Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped fine
Ginger - 1 inch piece, chopped fine
Onion - 1 chopped (optional)
Assorted vegetables (choice of grated carrots, sliced french beans, corn kernels, green peas, sliced bell pepper, bean sprouts)
Green onions (spring onion/scallion) - 2 stalks, chopped
Sambal oelek - 1 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
Noodle flavor sachet (your choice of flavor)- 2
Black pepper powder - 1/2 tp (optional)

Method:

Cook noodles, drain and keep aside.
Heat a wide pan, cook 4 bacon strips till crisp. (no need to use oil as bacon has fat). Take bacon out on a plate, keep aside. In the same pan with bacon fat, fry onions, garlic and ginger. Once onions soften, add the vegetables. Cover and cook on low heat for about 5 minutes. Add green onions, soy sauce and mix. Then add sambal. Add in the noodles, noodle flavor, black pepper and mix until well combined. Serve hot with spicy ketchup or siracha sauce, if desired.

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Pancit bihon - a Filipino treat

Whenever my mom used to take me and my sister to a farewell party thrown by her colleagues at the hospital, one of the main dishes that was sure to be there was Pancit. We used to love it and take a second helping. Later when she realized that we liked it, she used to cook it for us at home at times after getting the recipe from one of her filipino colleagues.

Ingredients:

All ingredients to be used as per required quantity.

1. Rice Sticks/noodles (Rice vermicelli is also commonly used)

2. French beans
3. Carrots
4. Spring Onions
5. Capsicum - Use various colors for a vibrant look
6. Streaky Bacon
7. Ginger
8. Garlic
9. Chicken Breast - boiled and shredded
10. Soy Sauce - preferable light (I used mushroom soy) - 1 tbsp.
11. Oyster sauce/Fish sauce - 1 tbsp.
12. Lime slice - a half

Method:

Julienne all the vegetables, including ginger. Mince garlic. Boil water in a pot and put the rice sticks in it for about 5 minutes to turn alden (half cooked). Cut streaky bacon into small pieces. Take a heavy bottomed pan and heat it on the stove. Add the streaky bacon. Keep mixing, all the fat will start melting. When the bacon gets cooked to your taste, add ginger and garlic. Stir for 2 minutes. Add remaining vegetables and let it all get coated with the pork fat. Stir fry till the cabbage starts to wilt a little. Add the soy sauce and oyster sauce or fish sauce. Trust me, you may think that the oyster/fish sauce stinks like hell! I felt it too, but I kept stir frying till the smells goes away. :) Finally add the rice sticks. Take it off heat. Squeeze juice of a lime in it and mix. If you want, you can also add some chopped coriander leaves.

My note: Did you notice that I havent used a drop of oil in this recipe? Everything is cooked in the fat from the bacon. Bacon gives it a nice crunch and amazing flavour. But if you don't eat bacon, then you can omit it and start with adding some regular vegetable oil.

Pancit bihon cooked on another day with only green capsicum but just as yum!

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Quick Stir Fry Noodles

This is my own recipe. :)
I used to make this when I lived alone. Filling, tasty and super easy. Except the time spent on cutting the vegetables.

Ingredients:

Ching's Secret Vegetable/Egg Hakka Noodles
Carrot - 1
Capsicum - 1
French Beans - 4
Mushroom Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoon
Oregano - 2 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Sweet chilli sauce - optional
Salt to taste
Oil

Method:

Wash all vegetables and peel carrots. Cut all vegetables in julienne size. The Julienne cut for dummies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julienning & http://www.ehow.com/how_13876_julienne-vegetables.html
Boil water in a saucepan and add the noodles to it. After about 2-3 mins, the noodles will be cooked. Drain and add a few drops of oil to it and mix, to prevent them from sticking to each other.
In a kadhai (indian wok), heat some oil and add all the vegetables into it. Stir fry them for about 5 minutes. Add pepper, oregano and mushroom soy sauce to it and mix. Add a little salt to this (do not add too much as the soy sauce already contains salt). Add the noodles little by little tossing in between. If all noodles do not catch the color of soy sauce after mixing them around, you may choose to add some more soy sauce, oregano and pepper. If you have sweet chilli sauce, you can add that to this and mix. After its tossed well, you can take it off the heat and serve. If you want to add ketchup, you may do that as well. Bon appetit!

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