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A firm takeout favourite! With its signature curry flavour and yellow hue, Singapore Noodles are made with thin rice noodles, prawns/shrimp, Chinese BBQ Pork, egg and red capsicum/bell peppers. Don’t fret if you don’t have all the ingredients – this is worth making with whatever you have!

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Singapore Noodles recipe

Singapore Noodles are so popular here in Australia that it appears on the menu of most suburban Chinese restaurants, whether they serve other Singaporian dishes or not.

Though if you seek out Singapore Noodles in Singapore, it will elude you as much as the mythical notion that there are koalas in every Aussie backyard.

And that’s ok.

Singapore Noodles are delicious, and we will always love it!

Rice Noodles for Singapore Noodles

Singapore Noodles are made with thin rice noodles called vermicelli noodles. They’re very common nowadays, sold at all supermarkets. Wai Wai is my favourite brand – I find that it holds up the best to lots of tossing action – and you’ll find it at Woolies, Coles etc here in Sydney.

Other things that go in Singapore Noodles

You’ll almost always find prawns/shrimp and Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siu) in Singapore Noodles, as well as egg.

If you don’t happen to have a stash of Char Siu in your freezer, don’t fret! You can make some quickly with pork chops using either a store bought Char Siu Sauce or homemade. Just a 20 minute marinade then pan fry or bake – directions in the recipe for both options.

Or – skip it, sub with chicken/bacon/ham. It’s still going to be a super tasty meal!

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Singapore Noodle Sauce

Singapore Noodle Sauce is made with soy sauce, Chinese Cooking Wine, curry powder, sugar and pepper.

It’s the curry powder that’s the signature flavour in Singapore Noodles. While it might seem out of place in an Asian recipe, it’s actually not. It’s used in all sorts of recipes, not just Indian curries, including:

• Thai Satay Chicken

• Satay Chicken Curry

• Everyday Chicken Curry – a mild creamy Western style curry

• Easy Thai Coconut Soup

As with most stir fries, once you get the ingredients ready, the cooking part is pretty quick. Albeit with this recipe, there are a few more steps than most because the prawns and egg are cooked separately first before proceeding with the recipe.

But it’s still a 20 minute job all up, including prep. And if you’re a fan of Singapore Noodles, irrespective of lack of actual Singaporian roots, you are still going to love this crowd favourite! – Nagi x

Great noodles from around the world

• Chow Mein

• Pad Thai and Pad See Ew (Thai Stir Fried noodles)

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  Char Kway Teow

• Browse the Noodle recipes collection!

And the quick ramen noodle collection

• Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles – caramelised mushrooms in a sweet-savoury glaze tossed through ramen noodles

• Quick Beef Ramen Noodles

• Chicken Vegetable Ramen Noodles

• Noodle Salad with Creamy Sesame Peanut Sauce – terrific for work lunches!

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With all the kerfuffle over his injury, I totally forgot to share THIS – his 6th birthday!!

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