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Authentic Malaysian Wet Char Kuey Teow with Secret Paste

Name: Authentic Malaysian Wet Char Kuey Teow with Secret Paste
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: other
Ingredients: Garlic; Onion; Chili paste; Cooking oil; anchovy seasoning cube; sugar; water; prawns (peeled); light soy sauce; dark soy sauce; oyster sauce; fish sauce; Egg; flat rice noodles (Hor Fun); bean sprouts; Chinese chives

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4 Steps Total

Preparation

Place 8 cloves of garlic and 2 onions into a blender, then blend until completely fine and smooth.

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Watch out

Do not add too much water when blending, otherwise the paste will be too watery and splatter when fried.

Ingredients:GarlicOnion (2 piece)

Tools:blender

Active Cooking

00:00:31

Heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in a skillet. Saute blended onion garlic paste until golden and fragrant. Add 10 tbsp chili paste, 1 anchovy seasoning cube, and 3 tbsp sugar. Stir constantly until the chili paste thickens, turns glossy, and oil separates.

local_fire_departmentMedium-low heat, about 5 minutes

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Maintain medium-low heat and stir continuously

if heat is too high, the sugar will burn and turn the paste bitter

Ingredients:Cooking oil (2 tbsp)Garlic (8 clove)Chili paste (10 tbsp)anchovy seasoning cube (1 piece)sugar (3 tbsp)

Tools:wooden spatulaskillet / pan

Active Cooking

00:02:06

warningStay safe

Exercise caution when using tongs to remove prawns from boiling liquid to prevent hot splashes.

Boil 4.5 cups water in a pot and add 250g prawns. Cook until prawns turn pink and cooked through, then remove prawns and keep the stock. To the prawn stock, add 1 anchovy cube, 5 tbsp light soy sauce, 6 tbsp dark soy sauce, 3 tbsp oyster sauce, 4 chopped garlic cloves, and 4 tbsp fish sauce. Stir well and simmer briefly.

local_fire_departmentMedium heat, about 5 minutes

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Do not discard the prawn boiling water as this stock provides the essential sweet seafood flavor for the soy sauce paste.

Ingredients:water (4.5 cup)prawns (peeled) (250 g)anchovy seasoning cube (1 piece)light soy sauce (5 tbsp)dark soy sauce (6 tbsp)oyster sauce (3 tbsp)Garlic (4 clove)fish sauce (4 tbsp)

Tools:saucepanTongs

Active Cooking

00:04:25

warningStay safe

Using intense high heat in a wok can cause oil spattering; maintain full attention during cooking.

Heat 1 tbsp cooking oil in a wok over high heat. Tumis 2.5 tbsp chili paste until oil breaks, then pour in 2.5 small ladles of soy sauce paste and bring to a boil. Add cooked prawns and crack 1 egg into the broth, stirring lightly into ribbons. Add 200g flat rice noodles, 50g bean sprouts, and 20g chives. Toss rapidly under high heat until well coated and gravy thickens, then plate immediately.

local_fire_departmentVery high heat, about 2 minutes

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Do not overcook bean sprouts and chives

stir-fry very briefly so they remain crunchy

Ingredients:Cooking oil (1 tbsp)prawns (peeled)Egg (1 piece)flat rice noodles (Hor Fun) (200 g)bean sprouts (50 g)Chinese chives (20 g)

Tools:wokmetal spatula