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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Char Kway Teow

Though literally translated as ‘stir-fried rice cake strips’, this flavourful noodle dish is the definition of delicious Southeast Asian comfort food.

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Time

25 min mins

Servings

4 people people

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Ingredients

  • 500g kway teow noodles – flat rice noodles – Hor Fun
  • 6 large shelled and deveined prawns
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • Handful Chinese Chives (cut into 4 cm lengths)
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
  • 2 eggs

Sauce

  • 1 tsp sambal or Chili paste to taste
  • 2 tbsp Kecap Manis (Sweet Soy Sauce)
  • 100ml chicken stock
  • a pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsp cooking oil

Method

1. Soak the egg noodles in hot water for 3–5 minutes, until they have separated, then drain them and leave to dry on a clean tea towel for 10 minutes.

2. Prepare your vegetables: slice your Chinese chives and the spring onion into fine matchsticks and put them into a small bowl.

3. Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl

4. Mix the sauce ingredients, leaving the chicken stock to one side

BUILD YOUR WOK CLOCK: place your eggs at 12 o’clock, then arrange the Chinese chives, prawns, bean sprouts, noodles and sauce bowls and lastly your spring onion clockwise around your plate.

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