Don't sulk, have a nice wok with this vegan noodles. As a child, I loved this dish. On birthdays and family parties, there was a big bowl for a long life. But my favourite noodles were not vegetarian and certainly not vegan. And so I started veganising 'my' Chinese noodles. Here's to a long(er) life! At least for the animals...
200grthin noodles'wok noodles', noodles, egg noodles, vegan noodles, all fine
1ellight soy sauce
1eldark soy sauce
1el(vegan) oyster sauce
1fluorescentsugar cane, palm, soft sugar or white sugar
1fluorescentsesame oil
2spring onions
1onion
125grbean sprouts
1elwater
Instructions
Preparation
Cutting vegetables
Chop the onion and place in a bowl.
Cut a small piece off the bottom of the spring onions. Cut the spring onions into 5 equal parts. Place the white and white-green parts with the shredded onion in the bowl. And set the green parts aside. Fun fact: put the butt of the spring onion in a cup of water or stick it in the ground. A new spring onion will grow from this again!
Cooking noodles
Bring a large pan of water to the boil.
Cook the noodles for 2 minutes until tender, so that you can easily pull it off with two forks and it is al dente.
Drain the noodles in a colander and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.
Carefully pull the noodles apart with forks.
Set the noodles aside in a colander to drain.
Sauce preparation
In a bowl, mix the light & dark soya sauce, (vegan) oyster sauce, sugar and water.
Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Wokken
In a wok, or large pan, bring oil to a high temperature.
Fry the onion and white spring onion parts for a minute, remove from the wok and set aside again.
Bring some new oil to high temperature.
Spread the noodles over the wok, making as much contact with the pan as possible.
Fry the noodles hard in the wok for 4 minutes. Some pieces of noodles may turn (golden) brown, this is the intention!
Carefully check that the underside is nicely crisped.
Now carefully turn the noodles over in the wok with two spatulas.
Add some extra oil by going along the edge of the wok.
Let the noodles fry for another 4 minutes.
Add the bean sprouts to the wok and slide under the noodles for 60 seconds.
Add the onion, white spring onion pieces, green spring onion and sauce to the wok.
Fry everything on high heat for another 1 minute.
Add the sesame oil.
Serve and eat immediately, so the fried noodles are still nice and crispy.
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