A simple, one-pot meal which is easy and fast to cook is Fried Bihun. It is as delicious as other fried noodles. I usually add lots of vegetables in my fried bihun to make up for the vegetables that we would have if we were having rice for our meal. Usually I would add either bean sprouts with chives, cabbage or cai xin (choy sum or sawi) or a mix of the latter two. In this instance, I am using cabbage and cai xin.
Ingredients: (4 large servings)
- 300 g bihun
- 6 - 7 large cabbage leaves
- 1 big bunch cai xin (about 250 g)
- (Alternatively, 250 g bean sprout or more with 50 g chives, if preferred, to replace cabbage and cai xin)
- 8 shallots
- 50 g dried prawns
- 4 eggs
- Cooking oil
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 tsp pepper
- 3 pcs chili padi, cut and added with light soy sauce
Method:
- Soak the bihun for ten minutes or until soft. (Check every few minutes to ensure that it is not overly soft.) Scoop out of the water and set aside.
- Wash and cut up the cabbage into small rectangles. You may cut them into long strips if your prefer.
- Wash and cut up the cai xin into 1-inch length.
- Peel, wash and slice the shallots.
- Wash and roughly chop up the dried prawns. Dried prawns can be left out and the Fried Bihun would still taste great.
- Heat up a kuali with cooking oil.
- Fry the eggs and place them on a serving plate.
- Next, fry the shallots till they are brown and crisp. Remove and set aside for later use.
- Fry the dried prawns till fragrant.
- Add the cabbage. When the cabbage is almost soft add the cai xin.
- Add water to the kuali.
- Add in seasonings - light and dark soy sauce, salt and pepper. You may vary the amount of the seasonings according to your taste.
- Let the water with the seasonings boil before adding the bihun.
- Stir until the bihun is totally covered with the sauce. You may add more (boiled) water if your bihun is too hard.
- Add the fried shallots to the bihun. Stir till the fried shallots are evenly mixed with the bihun.
- Dish out and serve with the fried eggs and chili padi in light soy sauce.