ying yong cantonese

Ingredients:
1/2 pack hor fun or flat rice noodles (32 oz pack)

1/2 pack vermicelli (14 oz pack)

3 tablespoons oil

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon kecap manis


Toppings:

12 shrimp (peeled and deveined)

12 thin pieces of pork meat

12 bay scallops

12 thin pieces of fish cake

1/2 can chicken broth (14 oz can)

5 stalks chinese mustard green/choy sum (cut into 2-inch length)

1 1/4 cup water

3 cloves garlic (minced)


Starch:

2 tablespoons corn flour

1/4 cup water


Seasoning:

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

1/8 teaspoon fish sauce

1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 dashes white pepper powder

Salt to taste


Method:

-Soak the vermicelli in warm water for 15 minutes or until soft. Drain the water and set aside.

-Break the flat rice noodles off by peeling the layers. Set aside.

-Heat up a wok and add 1 1/2 tablespoon of cooking oil.

-Toss in the vermicelli and do a quick stir.

-Add 1/2 tablespoon of soy souce and 1/2 tablespoon of kecap manis and continue to stir the vermicelli until the soy sauce and kecap manis are well blended with the vermicelli.

-Continue to stir until the vermicelli are lightly burned or charred. Dish up and set aside.

-Repeat the same for the flat rice noodles. Dish up and set aside.

-Add some oil in a wok and stir-fry the minced garlic until fragrant.

-Add in the pork, shrimp, bay scallops, fish cake and do a quick stir.

-Add the chicken broth and 1 1/4 cup of water immediately.

-Add in all the seasoning and bring it to boil.

-Add in the starch mixture to thicken the gravy.

-Add in the mustard green, do a quick stir and turn off the heat.

-On a plate, place the fried vermicelli and flat rice noodles equally.

-Pour the gravy and toppings on the noodles and vermicelli. Serve hot.