Name: Mee grob
Prep time: 4 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 cup vegetable oil, plus extra; 250 gram vermicelli noodles, broken; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 250 gram pork mince; 250 gram cooked prawns, shelled, deveined, chopped; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1 red chilli, chopped, plus extra to serve; 4 green onions, diagonally sliced; Dressing; 1/3 cup tomato sauce; 1/3 cup lemon juice; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 tablespoon plum sauce; 2 tablespoon fish sauce

Mee grob

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Serves 4

Prep

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Total

10M

Ingredients

3 cup vegetable oil, plus extra

250 gram vermicelli noodles, broken

2 eggs, lightly beaten

250 gram pork mince

250 gram cooked prawns, shelled, deveined, chopped

2 clove garlic, crushed

1 red chilli, chopped, plus extra to serve

4 green onions, diagonally sliced

Dressing

1/3 cup tomato sauce

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoon plum sauce

2 tablespoon fish sauce

Method

1.Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok on high. Deep-fry the noodles in 2 batches, removing each batch as the noodles puff up (this will happen quickly). Drain on paper towel.

2.Drain all except 1 tablespoon of the oil from pan. Add egg and cook on high, swirling to cover base of pan to make a thin omelette. Remove from pan. Roll up and roughly chop. Set aside.

3.To make the dressing; whisk together the tomato sauce, lemon juice, sugar and sauces in a jug. Set aside.

4.Brush the pan with extra oil. Add the pork mince. Cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes until well browned. Add the prawns, garlic and chopped chilli. Cook, stirring, until combined.

5.Add the dressing and stir until sugar dissolved. Toss through noodles until combined and heated through. Top with chopped omelette, onion and sliced chilli to serve.

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