Loh Shi Fun is also known as silver needle noodle, rice pin noodle, bee tai bak and rat tail noodle. It is made from rice flour and shaped like a 2-inch long rat tail. Thus, the name rat tail noodle. Most of the time it is fried with eggs, beansprouts and prawns. However, some people braised it with meat. While others cook soup with it. Whichever way it is cooked, it is delicious as it is smooth and has a taste of its own. Fried loh shi fun is a good alternative to rice. I fried it once in a while when we were bored with eating rice.
Ingredients:
- 450 g loh shi fun
- 2 eggs
- 2 pcs Shiitake mushrooms
- 3 cloves garlic
- 15 g dried prawns
- 50 g fresh prawns (medium size)
- 150 g bean sprouts
- 1 pc red chili
- 1 stalk chives
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Method:
- Preparation
- Wash and soak Shiitake mushrooms in hot water till soft. Slice them thinly.
- Peel and chop the garlic.
- Wash and soak the dried prawns. Chop or pound them finely.
- Wash, peel an de-vein the fresh prawns.
- Wash and transfer to a colander to drain of the water.
- Wash and chop the red chili finely.
- Wash and cut the chives finely.
- Frying
- Heat up a wok with cooking and sesame oils.
- Add the mushroom slices and dried prawns and fry them till they are fragrant.
- Add the garlic and fry them till they are slightly brown and fragrant.
- Add the fresh prawns and fry them till they are half cooked..
- Add the loh shi fun, bean sprouts and red chili.
- Add the seasonings - light and dark soy sauce, salt and pepper.
- Stir fry till all the ingredients are cooked.
- Ladle them up into a serving bowl or plate.
- Sprinkle the chives on top.