Fried glass noodles with vegetables, chicken and squid

For dinner today I decided to fry some glass noodles.  They are made from mung bean and I love their soft and smooth texture when cooked.  You can use other ingredients as preferred and today I'm using whatever I found in the fridge =)

Ingredients (for 2 persons):
80g glass noodles - soak in warm water until soft then drained
1 small carrot - shredded
1/2 japanese cucumber - shredded
2 soaked chinese flower  mushroom - shredded
1 medium sized squid - cut into rings
50g chicken breast - cut into strips and marinate with 1/2 tsp soy sauce, dash of pepper, dash of sesame oil and 1/2 tsp cornflour
2 cloves garlic - chopped

glass noodles, before soaking

clockwise from left: carrot, cucumber, chinese mushroom, garlic

from left: chicken, squid

4 tbs cooking oil

2 tbs oyster sauce

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce (optional, for colour)

1 cup water

1. Heat up wok with medium small fire and pour in the oil.  

2. Fry the garlic until aromatic and then put in the carrot.  Stir-fry for a minute and put in the cucumber and continue to stir-fry for half minute.

3. Put in the oyster sauce, give it a quick stir before pouring in 1 cup of water.  Add salt, sugar, soy sauce and dark soy sauce.

4. When boiled, put in the soaked glass noodles and mix well.  Increase the fire to medium.

5. When the sauce is nearly soaked up, put in the chicken and stir for half a minute before putting in the squid.  Give a quick stir (as squid cooks easily and will turn rubbery if left to cook longer) and turn of the fire.

6. Dish up and serve hot (you may garnish with chopped spring onion or coriander for extra flavour~).

fried glass noodles ready to be served~

Download recipe in pdf here