Mie Goreng (Chow Mein Noodles)

A plate of Mie Goreng, Indonesian stir fried noodles with chopsticks.

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Indonesian popular dish called mie goreng is stir fried egg noodles with sausage, meatballs, and vegetables with sweet soy sauce and other delicious sauce!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Asian, Chinese, Indonesian

Servings: portions

Calories: 526kcal

Author: Claudia

Equipment

1 wok

Ingredients

250 gr egg noodles
1 piece chinese sausage
1 pcs fish ball
2 pcs meat balls
75 gr shrimps
2 cloves garlic
2 pcs red chilis
2 tbsp cooking oil
3 stalks mustard green
1 cup bean sprouts
3 stalks green onions
2 eggs
50 cc water

Sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp mushroom powder or 1/4 tsp MSG (optional)
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp chili oil optional

Instructions

Prepare the vegetables. Cut the mustard greens by 5 cm. Wash clean the bean sprouts. Slice the chilis thinly.
Cut the meat balls, fish balls, and sausage. Peel and devein the shrimps.
Whisk three eggs with a pinch of salt. Heat some oil. Scramble half the eggs with medium heat so you get a bright yellow scrambled eggs. Set aside. Make a thin omelette with the other half of egg mixture.
Fold and slice the thin omelette for the mie goreng topping. You will use the scrambled eggs for mixing in the noodles.
Boil some water. Put the egg noodles in. Boil until quite soft (half-cooked), make sure it is pliable. Drain the water. Sprinkle some oil so the noodles won’t stick to each other.
Heat some oil in a wok. Put in the garlic. Saute until fragrant and a little bit golden brown.
Throw in the meatballs, fish balls, sausage, and shrimp. Stir fry until they change color. Put in the chilis.
Put in the egg noodles. Pour in the mie goreng sauce. Stir fry evenly.
Throw in the vegetables and green onions.
Pour in half cup of water. Make sure the noodles are evenly coated with the sauce.
Transfer the scrambled eggs into the wok. Stir fry evenly.
The mie goreng is done. Serve on a plate. Sprinkle some fried shallots if you like. Top with the sliced omelette for garnish. Enjoy your stir fried noodles!

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