Fried Vermicelli Recipe

Fried Vermicelli Recipe

1200g fine vermicelli

600g ground pork

5 slices cabbage, chopped or julienne (can be substituted by bean sprouts)

1 carrot, peeled and shredded into match-stick size

75g coriander

2 tablespoons white pepper powder

soy oil

Seasoning for stock:

4-5 crushed garlic cloves

35g dry deep-fried chopped shallots

35g dry deep-fried chopped garlic

35cc light soy sauce

1 teaspoon gourmet powder

½ teaspoon five spices powder

1 teaspoon licorice powder

1 teaspoon white pepper powder

1 tablespoon crystal sugar

1000cc water

1 teaspoon potato starch

2 teaspoons water

Seasoning for fried vermicelli:

3-4 crushed garlic cloves

500cc water

3 tablespoons light soy sauce

1 tablespoon gourmet powder

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon white pepper powder

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 tablespoons black vinegar

Seasoning for side dish:

5 crushed garlic cloves

75g dry small shrimps

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons gourmet powder

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon white pepper powder

1 tablespoon black vinegar

Method:

Pour soy oil in a warm wok and sauté crushed garlic.  Add ground pork and stir until medium-well done.  Add dry deep fried chopped garlic, dry deep-fried chopped shallots, and stir for 5 minutes or until fragrant.  Add gourmet powder, five spices powder, licorice powder, white pepper powder, crystal sugar, and light soy sauce. Stir until fully incorporated.  Pour 1000cc water, stew for 20 minutes until ingredients are well seasoned.  Mix potato starch and water in a bowl until well blended, pour starch mixture to lightly thicken soup and form meat soup.  To fry vermicelli: pour soy oil in a warm wok and sauté crushed garlic.  Pour 500cc water, add soy sauce, gourmet powder, sugar, white pepper powder, sesame oil and black vinegar.  Add vermicelli and stir constantly until vermicelli cooked thoroughly.  In a clean warm wok, pour soy oil and sauté garlic and dry small shrimps, add cabbage, carrot juliennes, sauté well, season to taste by sugar, gourmet powder and salt.  To assemble, clips fried vermicelli on plate, add cabbage and carrots, drizzle meat soup, sprinkle white pepper powder and coriander.