Mee Goreng Mamak Merah recipe || Singapore RED fried noodles

Today we're making Mee Goreng Mamak, a popular dish in hawker centres throughout Singapore. This is an Indian-style of fried noodles that didn't actually originate from India. Typically sold in Indian-Muslim hawker stalls, it is recognisable by the ultra bright red colour. It usually comes in other noodle variation like vermicelli, rice noodles, but a more popular version is with instant noodles, called Maggi Goreng.
READ FIRST:
If you're Malaysian, calm down. This is the SINGAPORE mamak mee goreng. Our mamak uncles add red food colouring to our fried noodles, and us Singaporeans are used to this. You can order a non-red version too, we call it "mee goreng putih" or "white mee goreng" lol. Without the red food colouring, this recipe is actually also the Malaysian mamak mee goreng.
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Timestamps:
0:26 - Making the Red Sauce
2:32 - Noodle Frying
4:16 - Instant Noodle version
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Ingredients:
For 4 servings:
- 600 grams Yellow Noodles
- 100 grams Protein of choice: Tofu, fish cakes, sliced chicken, prawns, mutton mince
- 50 grams vegetables of choice: beansprouts, sliced cabbage, bok choy
- 1 tbsp Salt to taste
- Red Sauce (4 servings)
- Blend together:
- 20 grams dried red chillies (about 20-23 stalks)
- 60 grams Shallots or 1 medium-sized Onion
- 4-5 Garlic Cloves
- 1/4 cup Water
- Seasoning Sauce
- 4 tbsps Kicap Manis
- 4 tbsps Tomato Ketchup
- 2 tsps Red Food Colouring
For 1 serving:
- 150 grams Yellow Noodles or Instant Noodles
- 1 tbsp protein of choice: sliced chicken/tofu
- A handful of vegetable of choice: cabbage/bok choy/beansprouts/boiled potatoes
- 1 tsp of salt to taste
- 1 egg
Red Sauce:
- 3 Stalks Dried chillies
- 2-3 Shallots
- 1-2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 1/2 tsp Red Food Colouring
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