Braised Fish in Dried Noodles

    

 

        

Braised Fish in Dried Noodles is another delicious 1-pot meal. The fishes that can be used to cook this dish are red snapper, grouper and white pomfret as these are flavourful and sweet. These fishes are filleted and deep fried before they are braised. I like to use long cabbage. However, we can also use round cabbage, bean sprouts and broccoli. Cooking this dish takes only about half an hour. It should be cooked just before meal time as it has to be eaten immediately after it is cooked. Otherwise, the noodles will soak up whatever little sauce there is in the dish.

Ingredients:

• 4 pieces of dried noodles of about 40 g each
• 2 pieces of red snapper (jenahak)
• 3 large pieces of Shiitake mushroom, soaked and sliced
• 4 leaves of long cabbage
• 1-inch carrot, grated lengthwise
• 2 tbsp of sesame oil
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 3 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp potato/corn/tapioca flour
• red chillies, cut
• 2 cups of water

Method:

• Boil a pot of water. When the water is boiling, add the dried noodles to it. Cook till the noodles are less than al dente. Do not overcook the noodles as we will be frying them with the fish.

• Remove the noodles from the pot and stir some oil to them to prevent them from sticking to each other. Set them aside.

• Slice the jenahak like as shown in the photo. Coat the jenahak slices with flour and deep fry them till they are golden brown. Remove and set them aside.

• Heat the wok with sesame oil. When the oil is hot, add the Shiitake mushroom and fry them till they are fragrant.

• Add the chopped garlic and saute them.

• Add the long cabbage and grated carrot fry them with the mushroom.

• Add water to the wok.

• Add salt, pepper and light and dark soy sauces. Stir.

• Add fish slices to the wok.

• Cover the wok and let the fish braised slowly for about 10 minutes.

• Remove the cover.

• Remove the fish slices onto a plate to prevent them from breaking up.

• Add the noodles to the wok and fry them with the vegetables till the noodles are softer.

• Remove noodles into a serving dish.

• Arrange the fish slices on top of the noodles and sprinkle the cut chilies on top.

• Serve the noodles immediately.