Rice-noodle nests with poached eggs

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ -(up to)
1 pounds Rice noodles
½ cup Baked ham
1 Clove garlic
½ can Tomato paste
½ cup Water
5 Eggs
2 tablespoons Oil
½ teaspoon Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
1 dash Pepper
Soy sauce

Directions

1. Parboil rice noodles until cooked through but still firm (about 8 minutes); then drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Separate noodles into 5 parts. Arrange each on a warm serving platter, in coils like a nest.

2. Meanwhile, separately mince ham and garlic. In a cup, combine tomato paste and water.

3. Poach eggs (see "How-to Section"). Carefully place egg in each noodle nest.

4. Heat oil. Add minced garlic and stir-fry a few times. Add minced ham, diluted tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, to heat through and blend flavors (about 2 minutes).

5. Pour mixture over eggs; then sprinkle lightly with soy sauce and serve.

VARIATION: For the rice noodles, substitute egg noodles.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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