Fried Yellow Noodles ( Mee Goreng)

Another family favorite is fried vermicelli and fried yellow noodles or fried flat white noodles( Koay Teow).If vermicelli and fresh noodles are not available,boiled and cooked spaghetti can be used as a substitute.

I normally do not add salt to yellow noodles as I find them already salty.

Ingredients:
500g noodles,washed and tossed.If using dried vermicelli,you have to dip in boiling water before tossing.
2 onions or 6 shallots sliced
5 cloves garlic, sliced
2 tablespoons chilli paste
2 tbsp chilli sauce
3 tbsp sweet soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
a little beef or chicken meat cut into small pieces
Alternatively, you can use shrimps and squids instead of beef or chicken.
Mustard leaves ( Daun Sawi)
Beansprouts (Taugeh)
5 pieces fish balls
2 pieces fried taufu
For garnishing:
3 eggs made into an omelette
fried shallots (bawang goreng)
some fresh red chillies sliced
a sprig of spring onion and local celery-cut finely

Special Soya Sauce:
Mix together:
3 tablespoon sweet soya sauce
6 pieces of bird chillies cut into small pieces
1 teaspoon vinegar or lime juice

Heat some oil in a wok or large frying pan.When the oil is hot,lightly fry the onions,garlic and chillies till fragrant.Add meat or seafood and fish balls.If adding meat cook longer to ensure the meat becomes tender.Add chilli sauce and soya sauce. Add noodles,taugeh and sawi.For yellow noodles or koay teow,add a ladle of clean water if you like wet fried noodles.Last of all, add oyster sauce.Add salt to chilli sauce if frying vermicelli or koay teow.

Serve fried noodles in a plate.Garnish with fried shallots,sliced chillies,cut spring onions and celery and strips of omellette.The fried noodles is eaten with a bit of the special soya sauce using a pair of chopsticks.