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Dan Hong’s instant cart noodles

One of the most popular noodle dishes in Hong Kong is a dish called cart noodles. Cart noodle vendors used to be a common sight in Hong Kong, with small wooden carts selling noodles on almost every corner. Here, Dan Hong creates his own version using widely popular instant noodles.

  • serves

    1

  • prep

    5 minutes

  • cook

    10 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

1

people

preparation

5

minutes

cooking

10

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

Ingredients

  • 1 packet spicy instant noodles and seasoning sachet
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 small knob of ginger, cut into small pieces
  • 1 red chilli, chopped
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 250 ml milk
  • 3-5 fish balls
  • 3 frozen dumplings
  • 50 g ham, sliced into 0.5cm batons
  • 2 tbsp coarsely chopped kimchi
  • ¼ cup roughly chopped cabbage
  • Fresh coriander and sliced spring onion to garnish
Cheesy mozzarella lace fried egg
  • 1 tsp butter
  • ¼ cup grated mozzarella
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  1. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic, ginger and chilli. Sautee in a pot with butter until aromatic. Add 250ml water and the milk, and bring to a boil.
  2. Add frozen dumplings, fish balls, kimchi, ham, dehydrated veggies and seasoning from the instant noodles and the cabbage. Bring up to the boil and add the instant noodles. You can change what you add to your noodles to use what you have/like.
  3. While the noodles are cooking, melt the butter in a hot pan over medium-high heat. Crack the egg into the pan, and sprinkle mozzarella cheese around the outside of the egg.
  4. Serve your noodles in a bowl, top with the cheesy fried egg, garnish with spring onion and coriander.

This recipe is from The Streets, Hong Kong on SBS Food.

Photography by Adrian Patra.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.


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Published 16 July 2024 11:36am
By Dan Hong
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