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It smells exactly like the noodles in Chinese restaurants. Hello! Welcome back to my channel, Devina Hermawan.
Learn how to make authentic Chinese restaurant-style fried noodles with Devina Hermawan, focusing on key seasonings and cooking techniques.
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Key Takeaways
- Cooking toppings separately prevents loss of aroma and ensures proper texture.
- Using high heat without water interference is crucial for authentic fried noodle flavor.
- Noodle firmness should be perfect—not too soft—to maintain texture.
- Jicama adds a desirable crunchy texture but can be omitted if unavailable.
- A balanced combination of sauces and seasonings is key to replicating Chinese restaurant flavors.
What the video covers
- Devina Hermawan demonstrates how to make Chinese restaurant-style fried noodles, distinct from Javanese fried noodles.
- The recipe features a variety of seasonings including garlic, shallots, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and optional Worcestershire sauce.
- Vegetables used are bean sprouts, jicama, and chives, with substitutions like green onions available.
- Fresh noodles are preferred, with toppings including beef meatballs, chicken, and shrimp, and optional cooking wine and sesame oil.
- Key cooking steps include boiling and rinsing noodles to prevent overcooking, sautéing raw ingredients first to avoid excess liquid, and cooking toppings separately.
- High heat is essential to develop the signature aroma and texture of the dish.
- The recipe emphasizes the importance of noodle firmness and the crunchy texture added by jicama.
- Additional flavor enhancers like mushroom stock powder and various fragrant oils can be used.
- Devina shares tips on making the dish fragrant and similar to Chinese restaurant noodles.
- The video is part of a noodle series, with a Javanese fried noodle recipe to follow.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Overview
- 00:51Recipe Introduction and Series Context
- 01:03Ingredients Overview
- 02:08Seasoning and Vegetable Details
- 02:26Additional Ingredients and Toppings
- 03:06Preparing and Sautéing Ingredients
- 03:33Cooking Toppings and Eggs
- 04:41Combining Ingredients and Final Seasoning
- 05:48Final Tips and Conclusion
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
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Today, we'll make Fried Noodles a la Chinese restaurants. It's different from Javanese Fried Noodles I'll be making next.
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We'll make a Noodle Series since we've made a Fried Rice Series before. Let's dive into the ingredients!
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For the seasoning, we need garlic, shallots or onions, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce.
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The Worcestershire sauce is optional. You can skip it. You can substitute the fish sauce with ground dried shrimp.
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For the veggies, we have bean sprouts, jicama, and chives. You can also substitute the chives with green onions.
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We'll also need eggs. For the noodles, I'm using fresh noodles. For the topping, I use beef meatballs, chicken, and shrimp. Optionally, we can use cooking wine and sesame oil.
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I'll provide the exact measurements in the description box, so check it out to get a balanced flavor.
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Let's start by boiling the noodles. Once it's cooked, rinse with cold water until it cools down.
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It's so the noodle doesn't get overcooked or sticky. If you're keeping it for later, add a bit of oil.
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I'll grate the garlic. I'll also slice the shallots and the other ingredients. Other than these, you can also use Chinese sausage as a topping to add texture and sweetness.
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Since some of these are raw and will release liquid when cooked, I'll sauté them first.
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It's so we can cook with high heat later and so there won't be any liquid that will reduce the dish's aroma.
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Add some oil. If your stove has a really high heat or high pressure, you can just cook all of these together at once.
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Once the pan is hot, add the chicken in first. Once the chicken is half-cooked, add the shrimp in.
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Add the cooking wine in (optional). Set these aside. In the same pan, add some oil.
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Turn the heat to high and add the eggs in. Add the garlic in. And shallots.
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Sauté until fragrant. If the oil is hot, the eggs will be foamy and super fragrant, which is key to the aroma in Fried Noodles or Fried Rice.
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Add the other ingredients in but the vegetables. Add the meatballs, shrimp, chicken, and jicama in.
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Add the other seasoning in: sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and a bit of Worcestershire sauce.
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Add the noodles in. Pepper. Sugar. And mushroom stock powder or flavor enhancer. Add the bean sprouts and chives in.
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Lastly, add a bit of sesame oil. You can use other oils to make the dish fragrant, like scallion oil, prawn oil, pork lard, chicken fat, or chili oil.
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I've shared how to make chili oil before. It's not just savory but also fragrant. It's exactly like noodles in Chinese food restaurants.
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There were some crucial steps: cook all the topping first as it might bring down the aroma.
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We need a hot pan without any water interference to fry everything and create that aroma.
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Also, the noodles must have the perfect firmness. It shouldn't be too soft. Also, the jicama adds some crunchy texture. Although, you can skip it if you don't have any.
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Okay, then. Thank you for watching. I'll share the Javanese Fried Noodle recipe next. Don't miss it! Subscribe, share, like, comment, etc.
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If you've recooked this dish, tag @devinahermawan and @devispantry. Stay tuned and see you in the next video!
Topics:fried noodlesChinese restaurant noodlesDevina HermawanAsian cookingnoodle recipeChinese cuisineseasoning tipscooking techniquesfresh noodlesfried noodle recipe
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