Easy Fried Rice Noodles

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Fried rice vermicelli eaten with fish cracker and sambal kicap. 

Fried rice vermicelli or bihun goreng or meehoon goreng is one of the Malaysian food which is usually eaten during breakfast. It can be homemade, or bought from small stores and restaurants. There are many types of fried rice vermicelli but this recipe which I am going to share is a simple one using ingredients that are already available at home. The recipe uses shrimp paste, but if you don't have it you can substitute with stock of choice or egg. 

We always eat fried vermicelli with fish cracker or fried egg.

Ready in about 30 minutes.
Serves for 6 peoples

Ingredients

  • 200 gram rice vermicelli
  • 7 shallots
  • 5 dried chili (cut into 1 inches long and soak in warm water for 5 minutes)
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon shrimp paste
  • 1 cup cabbages sliced thinly (optional, you can use other vegetable such as bean sprout or carrot)
  • 1/3 cup chive cut into 1 inches long
  • 1 green chili (chopped thinly)
  • 5 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or palm sugar
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoon cooking oil

Methods

  • Soak rice vermicelli in hot water for 10 minutes. 
  • Grind shallots, dried chili, garlic and shrimp paste to make a paste. 
  • Heat cooking oil in a large pan. 
  • Add in shallot, garlic, shrimp paste and chili paste and stir until half golden. 
  • Add in cabbages or vegetable of choice. Add in also 2 tablespoon soy sauce, tomato ketchup, sugar and salt. Stir. 
  • When vegetable became tender, strain and add in rice vermicelli. If the vermicelli still not tender, add in 1/2 cup of water. Stir and make sure the rice vermicelli is tender and edible. 
  • Add in chives and green chili. 
  • Mix well and add in the remaining soy sauce. To make it smooth, add in some cooking oil. 
  • When the vermicelli is cooked and mixed well with other ingredients, turn the heat off. And serve. 




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