Hawker centre food- How to make Singapore style fried vermicelli
A common breakfast recipe available in hawker centres in Singapore.
Equipment
- Wok/Kadai
Ingredients
- Bee hoon-Rice vermicelli-250 gm
- Copped spring onion-3 bunches
- Bok choy-4 bunches
- Cabbage-1/2 medium-sized
- Carrot-1
- Fried onion/shallot-3 tbsp
- Garlic-4 cloves
For sauce mix
- Tomato sauce-3 tbsp
- Chilli sauce-1 tbsp
- Oyster sauce-2 tbsp
- Dark soy sauce-1 tbsp
- Light soy sauce-1 tbsp
- Pepper powder
Add-ons
- Shrimp-10 to 12
- Fish cake-3 big
Instructions
For bee hoon
- Let us prepare bee hoon first.
- Cook the bee hoon in boiled water for 1 minute. And keep covered.
- Rinse the cooked bee hoon in room tempreature water.
Sauce Mix
- Let us prepare the sauce mix.
- Add tomato sauce in a bowl.
- Now add chilli sauce.
- It is time to add oyster sauce. I am using vegetarian oyster sauce
- Add light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
- Mix everything until all the sauces blend together evenly.
- Add white pepper powder to the sauce mix.
- Add sesame oil and mix well to obtain the correct consisitancy for the sauce.
Fried bee hoon
- Add oil in a wok/kadai.
- Add chopped garlic and roast well.
- Now add carrot and saute for a few minutes.
- Add shrimp and cook for few minutes until the colour changes.
- Add cabbage and saute.
- It is time to add the sauce mix.Add half of the sauce mix at first and you can adjust the sauce later on.
- Mix thorougly to spread the sauce evenly.
- Add cooked bee hoon and mix carefully not to break or mash the bee hoon.
- Add Bok Choy and mix well. You can add bok choy after blanching if you prefer.
- Add chopped spring onion and mix.
- Add sliced fish cake. Fish cake is already cooked one. So it won't take much time to cook.
- Sprinke fried onion and serve.
- Singapore style bee hoon Goreng is ready to serve.
Notes
- 1 pack of bee hoon is enough for 10 people.
- This recipe can be topped with fried tofu.
- Any type of fish cake, the fishball can be used in this recipe to enhance the recipe. Especially herbs, spring onion, chilli flavoured fish ball/cake will be the best option to add.