Char kway teow (Stir-fried flat noodles)

Big flavours and a mix of textures are characteristic of this popular street food in Malaysia and Singapore. Rice noodles, prawns, chicken strips and bean sprouts are cooked in oyster sauce and other seasonings for richness and depth.

Char kway teow (Stir-fried flat noodles) Credit: Adam Liaw

• serves

  4

• prep

  20 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 300 g free range chicken thigh fillets, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 80 ml (⅓ cup) oyster sauce
• 3 – 4 tbsp peanut oil
• 1 red bird's eye chilli, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 tsp roasted shrimp paste
• 10 large raw tiger or king prawns, peeled, intestinal tract removed, tails intact
• 1 kg fresh thick flat rice noodles
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 4 spring onions, trimmed, chopped
• 125 ml (½ cup) soy sauce, to taste
• salt, to taste

Instructions

1. Combine the chicken, cornflour and 1 tablespoon oyster sauce in a large bowl and toss to coat.
2. Heat the oil in a large wok over high heat until just smoking. Add the chilli, garlic and shrimp paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
3. Add the chicken mixture and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until brown and just cooked through. Add the prawns and stir-fry for 2 minutes or just until they change colour.
4. Add the noodles and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until the noodles are just tender. Add the bean sprouts, spring onions, soy sauce and the remaining oyster sauce and stir-fry for 1 minute or until heated through. Taste and season with salt. Serve immediately.

 

Photography by Adam Liaw.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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