Char Kway Teow

Ingredients

Flat rice noodles
200 gm prawns or shrimps
300 gm boneless chicken (cut into bit size pieces)
3-4 tbsp oil
7-8 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 tsp shrimp paste or 1 ½ dried shrimp powder
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 eggs, beaten lightly
1 fresh red chilli, sliced diagonally
100 gm bean sprouts
4 stalks of spring onions, chopped
1 tsp palm sugar
Salt to taste

Directions

Heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute, then add the shrimp paste. Sauté for 3-4 minutes.
Add the chilli flakes and stir fry.
Add the prawns and cook for 2 minutes. Meanwhile cook the rice noodles.
Add these to the seafood, stir fry for 2 more minutes. Add the soy sauce and sugar and mix till the noodles are well coated.
Make a well in the centre of the pan by scooping the noodles aside and add the beaten eggs. Wait till the eggs are set then mix them well with the noodles.
Heat for a further 1 minute to ensure the eggs are cooked. Add the bean sprouts and spring onions on top and stir.