Burmese Shan Noodles Recipe
The dish typically features chicken and pork, with chicken being the most common choice. The noodles can be served either dry or wet. The wet version includes all the ingredients of the dry version but is served in a light broth. Common toppings include peanuts, chilies, pickled vegetables, and green onions. Due to the variety of toppings and condiments, dry Shan noodles are often called noodle salad.
Ingredients
- Chicken breast - 12 oz.
- Dry rice Noodles - 7 oz.
- Tomatoes - 2
- Shallots - 2
- Garlic cloves - 4
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Light soy sauce - 2 tsp
- Dark soy sauce - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Chinese five spice - ¼ tsp
- Water - ½ cup
- Spring Onions - 3
- Sweet soy sauce - 4 tbsp
- Crushed Roasted Peanuts - to garnish
Garlic oil
- Garlic – 12 cloves
- Olive oil - ½ cup
- Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
Chilli Oil
- Chilli flakes - 2 tbsp
- Olive oil - ½ cup
Pickle
- Carrot - 1
- Green Chilli -3
- Salt - ½ tsp
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- White vinegar - 1 tbsp
- Water - 1 tbsp
Instructions
Garlic oil
- Heat the oil to medium heat and add chopped garlic.
- Stir until the garlic turns slightly brown then add the sesame seeds and stir for few seconds.
- Put in a small bowl and set aside.
Chilli Oil
- Place the chilli flakes into a small bowl.
- Heat the oil to medium high heat, pour into to chilli flakes and mix well.
- Set aside
Pickle
- Julienne the carrot and cut the green chilli into thin slices.
- Put them in a bowl, add salt, sugar, vinegar and water.
- Mix well and set aside.
- Cut the chicken into small pieces.
- Finely chop tomato, garlic and shallots.
- Heat oil, add garlic and shallots, saute for few minutes until the color slightly browns.
- Add the chilli powder followed by the chicken pieces.
- Stir for 1-2 minutes then add the chopped tomatoes. Cook them until the tomatoes are soft.
- Then add salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and chinese five spices.
- Add ½ cup of water, mix well and close the lid for 1-2 mins. ( Add more water as needed if the sauce is too thick). Set aside.
- Boil rice noodles per packet instructions, drain it.
- For serving, add one portion of noodle into the bowl, 2 tbsp of chicken tomato curry, 1 tbsp garlic oil, 1 tsp chilli oil, peanuts, pickle, spring onions and 1 tsp sweet soy sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 935kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 34gFat: 60gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 2026mgFiber: 6gSugar: 16g
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