Yi Mein - 长寿面
long life noodles
Ingredients:
225 g dried Yi Mein (伊面), aka E-fu noodles
4 cloves of garlic
1/2 onion
1/2 carrot
4 shiitake mushrooms
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/4 tspn palm sugar
1/2 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp salt
110 g Chinese chives
1 tsp sesame oil
240 ml chicken stock
2 tbsp oil
water
Preparation:
Chop the garlic finely. Cut the onion into thin slices. Cut the carrot julienne. Cut the mushrooms into slices. Cut the chives into pieces. Heat water in a pan and cook the noodles until al dente and drain.
Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute. Then add the carrot and mushrooms and fry for 1 minute. Then add the stock, oyster sauce, soy sauces, palm sugar, salt and pepper and bring to the boil.
Then add the noodles and cook until the noodles have almost absorbed the liquid. Then add the chives and sesame oil and mix well and fry until the chives soften. Serve.