I have not been feeling well lately. It started last Monday when I woke up with a heavy head and a slight sore throat. In the past (prior to the Covid-19 pandemic) this would be dismissed as (the common) flu.
In today's terms, any fever and headache accompanied by sore throat, cough or blocked/runny nose, will raise an alarm. These symptoms are possible indications of Covid-19 infection.
So I stayed home and did a self-test. Negative. Phew! But this may not be conclusive and I repeated the test the next day (by which time I was feeling much better) and it was again negative.
Last weekend I was craving for mee goreng, a spicy fiery one. So I took out my ready made chili paste which was in the freezer and defrosted a packet of sliced beef.
I used two tubs of the chili paste which consist of red chilies, onions and garlic. When I made the paste, I just agak-agak the amount of ingredients used.
Chili is basically for the spiciness, so just use as many or as little as you like. Onions and garlic are for the nice aroma and flavor, I think whatever proportion you use, you won't go wrong.
I seasoned the beef with some baking soda (to tenderize the meat), oyster sauce, light soy sauce, pepper and cornflour. After 15 minutes or so, I cooked the seasoned beef briefly in hot oil and set them aside.
I used yellow noodles and I tossed them in dark soy sauce before cooking.
I did not have any green veggies, so I simply used spring onions instead.
Cooking is easy. Just heat up some oil and saute the chili paste until aromatic, the add in the spring onions. Once they are wilted, add on the noodles and stir. I also added some kicap manis. Once everything is well mixed, add in the cooked beef slices and stir some more.
Siap! Dish out and serve.
I also threw in some sliced cili padi, the red and green ones.
Oh my God! Sedap eh! Podeh eh! As if not enough thrill, I squeezed some tomato sauce and chili sauce to make it even more syiok.
But this morning I suffered a bit lah hah..hah..hah...
It was good going in, but not so good coming out. Sorry for being so gross. Hah!
Wow! I seldom hear anyone could fry mee goreng so well like you. Looks better than the one at Ming Tien. Can you open a stall next to them?
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thanks for the compliments but you know that Ah Hong Chee can't handle the stress!
DeleteWow! Your Mee goreng beef looks so tasty but less spicy for me please, thank you. If only I get to taste them. Yummy! ๐๐๐ What a relief to know that it is not it. I know of a few friends who got it but luckily they all got better because they took their boosters already.
ReplyDeleteThanks heh..heh... I also know of a few people who have got it and I am quite scared!
DeleteI have not been feeling well lately lately and tested negative too, not much stamina, no appetite. Your mee goreng looks so good but I don't think I have the energy to cook that.
ReplyDeleteCould be the common flu, but must be vigilant. I can't seem to shake it off but today thankfully I am well. I cooked the mee goreng in the midst of a fever. LOL!
DeleteBeautiful and delicious looking mee goreng with beef. I am drooling and feeling hungry now and not even near dinner time. I want to learn how to fry mee goreng with beef like you did. You made it sounds so easy.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually easy hah..hah... I am sure you can do it beautifully as you have cooked so many yummy dishes.
DeleteYour mee goreng looks like something I'd really enjoy (but I don't know what podeh means). Thanks for a great tip to ensure the noodles are thoroughly coated in dark soy...and that is to toss them before cooking. We all had our difficulty in trying to get all the strands evenly coated in sauce when we add the soy into the wok/pan and vigorously try to toss it there...lol.
ReplyDeletePodeh = Pedas in Negeri Sembilan dialect hah..hah.. I noted that the NS people love cili api/cili padi as most of their recipe contain loads of the hot stuff. I learnt the trick of tossing noodles in sauce prior to frying from a blogger. It's wonderful what we can learn from each other!
DeleteI used your method (Daddy Lau's method) to cook the beef when I cook my stir fried choy sum with beef slices, love the tenderness of the meat!
ReplyDeleteGlad you tried it to much success!
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