Minced Meat Noodles

Malaysia will be celebrating her 51 years of independence in a few days and this is my entry for Merdeka Open House 2008: Mee & Malaysia virtual event hosted by Babe in the City-KL

In Malaysia and in most of the Asian countries we love our noodles. We can have it for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even supper. I remember years ago after our choir practice at St John Cathedral we love going to this coffee shop near the church for beef balls and minced beef noodles. I think they have one of the best minced beef noodles in Kuala Lumpur. I am trying to re-create something similar but I added some extra twist to the noodles by adding some other toppings to it.

Ingredients :
1/2 pounds of minced meat (beef, chicken or pork)
4 shallots - thinly sliced
3 cloves of garlic - chopped
5 dry shitake mushroom - soak in hot water and slice thinly

Seasoning
2 tsp of dark soy sauce
2 tbsp of oyster sauce
2 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tsp of sugar
1 tsp of pepper
1/4 tsp of sesame oil
salt to taste
1/2 cup of water

Garnishes :
Some noodles (blanch in hot water)
2 eggs - make into omelet - slice thinly
1 carrots - julienned and blanch in hot water for a minute
1/2 cucumber - julienned
some iceberg lettuce - julienned
2 spring onions - cut small

1) Heat up some olive oil, add in shallots and garlic. Stir fry until fragrant and lightly brown.
2) Add in minced meat, break up all the lumps and stir fry until the meat changes colour. Add in the mushroom, all the seasonings and water.
3) Continue to stir fry until meat is cook. If the meat is too dry add in a bit more water. The meat need to have some gravy in it. Dish out and set aside.
4) Put some noodles in a bowl, put some meat on top of the noodles and the rest of the garnishes. Serve warm.

Happy Merdeka Day MALAYSIA!! May there be peace, happiness, tolerance, joy and greatness for Malaysia.