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Crispy Chilli Mushrooms with egg noodles Recipe

Crispy Chinese chilli mushrooms—marinated, coated in cornflour, and lightly fried until golden. Stir-fried with chilli, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and tomato sauce, served with noodles tossed in sesame, lime, chilli, and soy. A delicious veggie alternative to crispy chilli beef.
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Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indo Chinese
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Crispy chilli mushrooms

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 80 grams corn flour
  • 1 whole fresh chilli
  • 7 sprig fresh coriander
  • 2 cm fresh ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 200 grams mushrooms
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 . sunflower oils (for frying)

Marinade

  • 1 whole egg
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 5 grams caster sugar
  • 0.25 tsp chilli flakes

Sauce

  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 6 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 0.5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp tomato sauce

Dressing

  • 0.25 tsp chilli flakes
  • 0.5 whole lime
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • caster sugar (to taste)
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil

Noodles

  • 120 grams egg noodles

Instructions
 

  • wash the mushrooms and cut in half
  • Make the marinade, mix the marinade ingredients together in a bowl, coat the mushrooms in the marinade
  • season the cornflour with salt and pepper add the mushrooms and coat in the flour, heat about 21/2 cms of frying oil in a frying pan
  • Drop a breadcrumb into the oil to check its hot enough it should fizzle, fry the mushrooms till golden brown, place on kitchen paper, set a side and keep warm
  • wash and finely chop the fresh coriander, peel and grate the ginger, peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, wash and finely chop the chilli
  • squeeze the lime(s), mix the dressing ingredients together in a bowl
  • half fill a pan with water and boil, add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water, Add the noodles to the hot water, cook till soft
  • place the sauce ingredients in a bowl, mix the ingredients, set a side
  • Heat the wok add a spot of oil, add the garlic, chilli and ginger to the wok and stir fry for 30 seconds, add the sauce mixture to the wok, Bring to the boil, add the crispy mushrooms, coat in the sauce
  • drain the noodles and wash, place back into the pan and warm through on a low light, add the dressing, place the noodles in individual serving dishes
  • add the crispy chilli mushrooms, sprinkle with coriander
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