Mie Goreng: Fried Noodles (Vegan)
A recipe for simple, village-style fried yellow noodles that’s delicious and takes less than 30 minutes in total. No meat, no eggs, no dairy, and full of vegetables.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300g fresh yellow noodles
- 4 shallots
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 bird’s eye chillies
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 30 ml water
- 50g beansprouts
- 100g mustard leaves
Instructions
- 1
Soak the noodles in room-temperature water for 10 minutes, to soften them and remove some of the starch. Strain and set aside.
- 2
Blend or pound coarsely the: shallots, garlic, and bird’s eye chillies.
- 3
Heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the pounded/blended paste and saute for 3 minutes.
- 4
Add the pepper and salt. Saute for 1 minute.
- 5
Add the light soy sauce, water and beansprouts. Cook for 4 minutes.
- 6
Add the mustard leaves. Mix well.
- 7
Add the noodles. Mix everything well, to make sure the noodles are coated with the remaining liquid. Fry until there’s no liquid in the pan. This should take 2-3 minutes.
- 8
Serve and eat immediately!