Ingredients
- 1 ½ Tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 Tbsp fish sauce
- ½ Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp water
- Ground black pepper, to taste
- ½ lb fresh egg noodles, see note
- 80 g Chinese sausages, sliced
- 10-12 Shrimp, or as many as you like
- ½ onion, julienned
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup julienned carrot
- 2 cups Chinese broccoli, stems thinly sliced on a bias, leaves roughly chopped
- ½ cup red pepper, chopped
- 2 green onions, optional, chopped
- 3 Calamansi or 1 lime (see note)
Note: The kind of fresh noodles I use are the type that is semi-dry...they're still pliable but not yet cooked and you can find them in the refrigerated section of Asian grocery stores. If you use dried egg noodles, you will need to use less weight, but I'm not sure how much you'll need, so I suggest estimating the amount by eye and be prepared to adjust the seasoning. And along the same lines, if you buy fully cooked fresh egg noodles you will need a bit more weight.
If you cannot find calamansi, you can simply use lime, or try looking for frozen juice. If you have some orange juice in the fridge already you can make a mix of orange and lime juice (about equal parts) as I did!
Ingredients and Kitchen Tools I Use
Instructions
Make the sauce by combining fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, black pepper and water in a small bowl.
Cook the noodles: In a large pot of boiling UNSALTED water, add the noodles and cook until they are done. The time will vary depending on the type and thickness of the noodles, so just follow package instructions. Have a large bowl of ice-cold water ready and when noodles are done, immediately shock them in the cold water to stop the cooking and cool them down. Swish them around for just a few seconds and drain immediately. Do not let the noodles sit in the water or they will swell up and get mushy.
This part is optional, but once drained, use scissors to cut the noodles down a few times just so they're easier to toss and eat. Fun fact: for some Chinese people, long noodles symbolizes long life so they do not cut the noodles!
In a wok or a large skillet over medium heat, add just a little bit of oil and add the sliced Chinese sausages. Let the sausages sear and let some of the fat render until they look blistered on one side, quickly flip them and let the other side sear briefly (if there are too many to flip individually you can just give them a quick toss). Be careful with these as the high sugar content in the sausages means they burn quick! Remove from pan, leaving the fat behind.
Sear the shrimp in the rendered fat on both sides just until done, remove from pan.
To the same pan, over medium heat, add onion and garlic and saute until the garlic starts to brown. Add all the vegetables and crank the heat to high and toss to wilt. Drizzle about ~ 2 tsp of the sauce over the veggies and toss to mix.
Add the noodles, all of the remaining sauce and toss until all the liquid has been absorbed into the noodles and everything is thoroughly mixed. Throw in the sausage and shrimp (along with any juices in the bowl) and toss until combined. Turn off the heat and toss in green onions if using.
Serve with calamansi or lime, and make sure you drizzle some juice on the noodles for added brightness!