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Kua Mee

Kua Mee is Laotian Fried Noodles. It is sweet and savory, topped with egg slices and bean sprouts.

Course Main Dish
Cuisine Laotian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Author Jen Jen

Ingredients

Noodles

  • 16 oz pho noodles soaked in warm water for at least 30 minutes.
  • 3/4 C sugar
  • 1/3 C vege oil
  • 3/4 C water
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 large shallot finely chopped

Stirfry Pork

  • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 2 T vege oil
  • 0.5 lb Pork sliced thinly into bite size
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp thin soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp fish sauce

Egg Omelette

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 T vege oil
  • 1/2 tsp thin soy sauce
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch pepper

Instructions

Egg Omelette Slices

  1. Crack 2 eggs in a bowl. Add thin soy sauce, salt and pepper

  2. Beat well with a fork.

  3. In a nonstick fry pan, add the oil and put it on medium heat.

  4. Add half the egg mixture and move it around the pan to form a thin omelette.

  5. When the eggs begin to firm up,  use a spatula to flip the omelette. Cook for another 2 minutes then repeat with the remainder of the eggs.

  6. Stack the omelettes on top of each other. Once it has cooled down then you can roll it and slice the egg into long thin slices. Set the egg slices aside.

Stirfry Pork

  1. Finely chop garlic and shallots. Thinly slice the pork into bite size pieces.

    stirfry pork

  2. In a wok or fry pan, add the oil. Sauté the garlic on medium heat.

  3. Add the pork, salt, sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce. Stirfry until the pork is cooked. Remove from pan and put aside.

Stirfry Noodles

  1. In a wok, add the oil and sugar and put on low-medium heat.

  2. Slowly stir the sugar with a spatula until it caramelizes.

  3. Add the garlic and shallots. Fry until golden.

  4. Add Water. Continue to stir with a spatula until all the sugar dissolves. Add salt and fish sauce.

  5. Turn the heat up to high. Add the noodles. Use chopsticks or tongs to move the noodles around. Make sure the sauce evenly coats the noodles. Stir Fry for about 3 minutes until the noodles are cooked.

  6. Remove the noodles from pan put it into a mixing bowl. Let the noodles cool down a little. Then add the pork, bean sprouts, egg slices, cilantro and green onions.

  7. Toss all the ingredients together and serve.

    Kua Mee

Recipe Notes

  • If you find that the noodles are still a little hard and undercooked. You can add a little bit of water.
  • You can double the egg recipe if you want more egg in your noodles.
  • Use disposable kitchen gloves when tossing the noodles with the egg slices, bean sprouts and green onions. This will make it easier to combine all the ingredients and separate the noodles if they are stuck together.