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Thai-style fried noodles with pork

Recipe from: - Ideas 1/1/2000
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

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Ingredients

300

g

Chinese egg noodles
45

ml

sunflower oil
4

garlic cloves
3

cm

piece of fresh ginger
2

green chillies
300

g

minced pork
4

tomatoes
3

large eggs
1

lime or lemon (use the juice)
15

ml

shrimp paste
10

ml

castor sugar
60

ml

peanuts
6

spring onions
100

g

mange tout
fresh basil leaves
lime or lemon wedges

Method

Soak and drain noodles or cook them according to packet instructions.
Heat a wok over high heat until it begins to smoke.
Add oil, warm for a few seconds, then add garlic, ginger and chillies.
Stir and add pork.
Stir-fry for about two minutes, breaking up lumps, and add tomatoes and eggs.
Fry for a few seconds, then add the noodles.
Toss and stir, scraping up egg and bits from the sides of the wok.
Add lime juice, shrimp paste and sugar.
Mix well and add peanuts.
Stir-fry for a few seconds, then add spring onions and mange tout.
Stir and toss again a few times to heat through, then taste and adjust seasoning.
Scatter the basil leaves over and serve with wedges of lime to squeeze over the stir-fry.

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