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" Hor Fun " or " kway teow " is a thick, flat rice noodle. " Char " means fried in Hokkien. It is a staple in Chinese cuisine, distinctly with wok hei ... I would say that delicious charred, roasted in wok taste.  Yup, this one's a favorite in my nest.  Have fun wok-tossin'! 🍜Tools Chopping board Knife Wok (or deep & wide frying pan) Ladle microwaveable bowl that can fit your portion of noodles to cook 🍜Ingredients 125g Chicken fillet,julienned a fistful of Shrimp,  peeled,  deveined,  washed & pat dry 1 small Onion, sliced 5 Garlic minced A stub of Ginger, minced 1 pack Hor fun noodles Soy sauce Oyster sauce Chicken broth Bok choi or  Pechay, sliced, whites separated from the leaves 2 Eggs, scrambled Kalamansi / lime / lemon wedges Crushed nuts for topping (optional) 🍜Steps Place the noodles in a bowl. Nuke noodles in the microwave for 1 minute, then let cool for a bit. By hand, easily separate the noodles . Heat the wok to stir fry ...

Ramen. 🙇 🍜 Tools Cooking Pot (deep enough to boil eggs, to cook the ramen noodles, and to make the soup base) Ladle Tongs / strainer 🍜 Ingredients Soft-boiled eggs Naruto, or Carrots florets Nori flakes, or sheets, julienned Cabbage, julienned or diced (optional Spring onion, whites, crushed Spring onion, greens, minced 1 small Ginger, peeled, crushed Shoyu broth Tare (sauce base) Ramen noodles,or instant noodles 🍜 Steps ***Prep Eggs Softboil eggs Soak in Ice water  Peel Set aside for plating. ***Prep aromatic oil In a small pan (or saucepan), heat oil over  medium-low heat .  Add the green onions ( save some for garnish ) and ginger.  Saute for  3 to 4 minutes . Remove from the heat and strain out the ginger and green onions. ***Prep Tare   In a small container, stir together the soy sauce, sugar, mirin. ***Prep Shoyu broth - Mix 4 cup of water, 1 chicken bouillon cube (OR the noodles powder) and Hondashi (alternative, sprinkle of furikake). Put it on...

Made too much teriyaki sauce for a meal? No problem!  Use it for another teriyaki dish, like Teriyaki Chicken Noodles a few days after. Slurp. Perfect for a bit of chilly weather. Ingredients : 250 g chicken fillet your pre-made teriyaki sauce 1 tsp cornstarch knob of butter 2 tsp of olive oil instant noodles, cooked and drained 1 bunch of bok choy, steamed/blast-boiled 3 cobs of corn, boiled Steps : 1. Chicken fillet, butterfly* and marinate for 20 minutes. 2. Wipe off excess marinade with kitchen towel. 3. Add a tsp or so of cornstarch and massage gently on the chicken; shake off excess. (*this helps keep the chicken tender inside but crisp outside). 4. Pan-fry in medium heat the chicken in a little butter and olive oil.      (*do not crowd the pan). 5. While cooking the whole batch of chicken, prepare the instant noodles (no seasoning), then drain. 6. Serve with some greens, like steamed / boiled baby bok choys and sweet corn to balance out the rich teriyaki ...

C hilly weather calls for chilis!  And what better way than with the hot flavors of teokbokki. We drooled everytime we watched our beloved heros and heroines enjoy this dish in countless K-dramas. Finally, it was our turn to try it. Action! Chewy just-right for rice flour cake. Spicy kimchi sauce ❤🔥. Crispy bean sprouts and cabbage. Salty Spam. Creamy soft-boiled eggs.  Refreshing green spring onions. Fragrant splash of sesame oil. Roasted sprinkle of s esame seeds. Slurp, slurp, slurp! Inspired by: Aaron and Claire

Subarashii !   Hiragana:   素晴らしい  Katakana: すばらしい  Romaji:  subarashii  English : Great! Awesome. So good! For most pinoys, rice is life. To my Z, noodles is life.  It has been her favorite ever since, the if-u-were-to-eat-only-1-dish-for-a-year kind. To add some variety to her all-time favorite, we ventured to one of her favorite places - Japan!  And so we tried the  SOBA noodle dish, and it was a  good, good, good meal,  hontou ni (really) . This has been a mainstay in our meal recipes at home. It is easy to prepare, although, it requires typical Japanese ingredients on-hand (w hich, if you stock on it, will help you recreate more umami dishes hailing from Nihon). On humid days, it's "cooling" effect is just refreshing. Best of all, its a fun way to eat for the kids, like: use chopsticks ,  dip dip dip  a-dippin, those noodles into the sauce don't-drop-it- keep-it-tween-the-sticks challenge slurp, slurp, slu...