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Magical Rice Noodles

Magical Rice Noodles

As part of the filming we did last week we took up the challenge to produce a three course meal for around our usual daily budget. We normally just have one large main course each and pick at leftovers.

So although nobody will be interested in me typing up yet another stir-fry recipe. I thought it might be fun to let you into a little secret we discovered. There are quite a few starch based dry goods with will behave like Popadums if you throw them into your deep fat fryer. One of our favourites are Glass Rice Noodles from the local Asian Supermarket. They added a bit of visual interest and crunch, but also bulked the dish out for a few pence.

Method:-

(1) Pre-heat the fryer to 170c.
(2) Once the Oil is hot test your noddles by throwing a short length in. If it puffs and pops up dramatically all is good.
(3) Fry small batches and drain over kitchen paper.
(4) Use to dress the top of Asian dishes and sprinkle with a little Paprika for colour.

 

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Realistically this should be based on Oats but Sue can’t eat them, so we modified the recipe to use Quinoa flakes. If you’re good with Oats feels free the use them.

Ingredients:-

60g of Laverbread (½ a Tin in our case)
The Juice on ½ a Lemon
140g of Quinoa Flakes
Salt & Pepper to Season
About 120ml of Water
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Mix all ingredients with just enough Water to make a lumpy paste.
(2) Allow to stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
(3) If the mixture is too dry to form into balls between spoons stir in a little more Water.
(4) Heat Oil in a pan to a medium heat.
(5) Form the Cakes into balls between two dessert spoons and drip into the Oil.
(6) Flatten with a spatula into Cakes.
(7) Turn over several times until the outside is slightly browned and crispy.


Leverbread has a very distinctive ‘Sea’ favour and you really don’t need a lot to make a huge impact. We drizzled a little Mushroom sauce over ours as we thought they might be dry. But actually although they are crispy on the outside they are tender inside and very tasty.

 

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