Fried noodles, Indonesian

Fried noodles, Indonesian

Stir fries and noodles are tasty, healthy and quick to make. Quick to cook, I mean. You need to do a lot of slicing and chopping. This is one dish from which kids don’t pick the vegetables out. So, it is worth the work.

We need to get everything ready before starting the stir frying. Peel, seed and chop tomatoes. Chop chilli and garlic. Slice chicken, shallots, cabbage, carrots and spring onion. Cut beans.

Cook the noodles in boiling water for a minute and drain. Rinse under cold water. To make kecap manis, mix soy sauce, sugar and molasses and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes till syrupy.

Heat the oil in a wok and stir fry the chicken, garlic, chilli and shallots till the chicken is cooked through-5 minutes. Add cabbage, carrots and beans and cook, stirring for 3 more minutes. Stir in the noodles, soy sauce, tomato, spring onion and kecap manis and cook for 2 minutes. Season with pepper and serve.