Can Food Never Fail
In early February, the world seems scary with the news about the epidemic illness in Wuhan, China. Some countries take serious precautionary action for prevention. Even I and my husband didn't go out much unnecessarily.For our weekend treats, we enjoy dinner together at some of our favorite restaurants. One weekend, amid the virus rumors, we decided to eat our dinner at One Indian Restaurant as we eat early dinner at around 6 pm. The restaurant was not that busy, we ordered what we like and noticed that one server guy is way much too attentive. Such as " Is everything OK? " " Do you need some water?" Then while we were still working on our meal and not done yet but asking " Do you need boxes? " " Can I bring the check? ". First I thought It was so strange overly attentive. Now I was a bit puzzled about his manner which seems so rude. Back at home, I told my husband realizing then " Oh! no, He was being paranoid and thinking that we both are Chinese who might be infected?" I can not be mad about this behavior and I tried to understand that different people have their own issues of daily life that they face. Puzzling myself "Are human beings Judgemental? ".
I heard the news about people storing food in Singapore. Therefore I also put some effort to buy some canned products like Tuna, Sardine and lunch meat. And the Sardine with tomato sauce reminded me of my Mother. She always gathered some dried food items when there were long-deserted holidays during Myanmar New Year. Tinned food was the expensive imported food compared to a fresh one when we were young. It was such a treat if she cooked sardine in tomato sauce for dinner. We make salad, curry and stirfried glass noodles ( mung bean thread noodle) with sardine too. Every time she cooked that noodle( vermicelli), my husband ate like crazy. Even though I tried to imitate her cooking, I must admit that I can't match it. I always try my best. But who knows " It must be her originality." She also said that this canned Sardine was also a special treat in the olden days because it was imported.
In this recipe, I tried my best to taste like what she cooked in olden days to fondly honor her beautiful memory. Also, It is really easy to make.
Stir-Fried Glass Noodle with Can Sardine ( 3-4 Serving)
Ingredients
1pk MungBean Thread Noodle ( Glass Noodle) ( 8oz)
1can Sardine in Tomato sauce ( any brand is fine)
1/2 cup Chopped Onion
1 tbsp Chopped garlic
1 tbsp Fish sauce
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp Salt
2 pcs Chinese Sausage ( Thinly sliced and fried a little bit)
3 tbsp Canola Oil
1/2 cup Chopped Spring onion ( for the garnish)
Instruction
1. Soak the glass noodle in the bowl of lukewarm water for 2 hours to make it soften. Then cut into the manageable sizes for stir-frying.
2. In the skillet, add the oil then on the stovetop with medium-high heat.
3. Add the sliced sausages and fry a little till the meat edges are turning into a golden color. then strain and set it aside.
4. In that same skillet, add onion, crushed garlic and turmeric together and stir fry till the onions are translucent.
5. Then add the Sardine fish, leave the sauces in the can. we only need fish and only a little sauce.
6. When the fish is mixed with onion and fragrant, add vermicelli
7. Stir the noodle and fish to mix.
8. When water from noodles has evaporated add the 1/3 of the tomato sauce from the can. Also, add the fish sauce.
9. Turn down the heat to medium to stir thoroughly with sauces.
10. When all the water and sauces have evaporated, add black pepper to enhance the flavor. Add salt to taste and garnish with spring onion. Enjoy!
