SINGAPORE – Welcome the Year of The Rat with a dish of rats tail noodles cooked with three types of scallops, prawns and sakura shrimp.
This is a versatile dish as it can be part of your line-up for a grand festive meal, or a one-dish meal for a quick luxurious lunch.
Rats tail noodles (louxufan in Cantonese) are also called bee tai mak in Hokkien. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, these noodles are referred to as silver needles.
Made from rice flour, these noodles are smooth, succulent and do not require a long cooking time.
Elevate this humble ingredient with seafood, shredded carrot, Chinese sausage and jiu huang (yellow chives) for a colourful and festive dish that you can whip up easily for friends and family this festive season.
Sakura shrimp is available at Meidi-ya. But for a more convenient option, you can always use dried prawn, in which case, you will need to soak them first, and add them to the pan before frying the dried shiitake mushroom.
Heres a cooking tip: To get that bouncy springy texture in your prawns and scallops, marinate them in a little cornflour and sugar.
Marinating them also helps rid them of strong seafood odours.
For a prettier presentation, use a bowl as a mould to form a neat mound of rats tail noodles.
Use egg omelette strips and sprigs of coriander for garnish and you are all ready to serve.
SEAFOOD TREASURE RATS TAIL NOODLES
INGREDIENTS
12 prawns (360g), shelled and deveined
200g frozen bay scallops, defrosted
1 tsp cornflour
¼ tsp sugar
2 eggs (60g each)
Pinch of salt
Dash of pepper
4 Tbs cooking oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped
4 dried shiitake mushrooms (20g), soaked and sliced
6 dried scallops (24g), soaked until softened
40g dried baby scallops, soaed until softened
180ml water
6g sakura shrimp
1 carrot (120g), shredded
1kg bee tai mak (rats tail noodles)
2 chinese sausages (150g), blanched, skins removed and sliced
150g yellow chives, cut into 5-cm lengths
4 Tbs soya sauce
2 Tbs oyster sauce
2 Tbs fish sauce
METHOD
1. In a bowl, place the prawns and add half a teaspoon of cornflour and half of the sugar. Mix well, cover the bowl with clingwrap and allow to marinate for 20 minutes.
2. Do the same with the bay scallops using the remainder of cornflour and sugar.
3. Remove the prawns and bay scallops from the fridge five minutes before cooking.
4. In a bowl, add the eggs, a pinch of salt and a dash of pepper. Beat well.
5. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a frying pan.
6. Pour in the eggs and turn the heat to low. Allow the egg to cook for about a minute. Use a frying slice to cut the omelette in half and turn each half over carefully.
7. Once the egg is cooked through, remove from pan and allow to cool. Cut into thin strips and set aside to use for garnishing.
8. Heat 1½ tablespoons of oil in the frying pan.
9. Add one-third of the chopped garlic and stir-fry over medium-high heat for 30 seconds.
10. Add the prawns and fry for 45 seconds until nearly opaque. Add the bay scallops anRead More – Source
