2 Ways to Make Stir-Fried Noodles with Shrimp, Bok Choy, and Vegetables to Change Up Your Meals on a Boring Day

Prepare the ingredients

Wash the bok choy thoroughly, then cut into small pieces about 2 finger lengths long. Next, place a pot on the stove, pour in about 400ml of water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, blanch the bok choy for about 2 minutes, then take it out and place it in a strainer to drain.

Soak the egg noodles in cold water for about 10 minutes to soften them, then rinse thoroughly with water and let drain in a strainer.

Wash and finely chop the scallions. Peel the shallots, wash them, and slice them thinly.

Marinate the shrimp

Put 200g of shrimp in a bowl and marinate with 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 teaspoon of sugar, mixing well and letting it marinate for about 15 minutes.

Stir-frying noodles

Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then add sliced shallots to sauté until fragrant, then add the marinated shrimp and stir-fry until the shrimp is cooked.

Next, add the noodles and stir-fry for about 5 minutes until the noodles are soft. After 5 minutes, continue to add the bok choy and quickly stir-fry with 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, 1/3 teaspoon of pepper, then sprinkle the chopped green onions and cilantro on top.

Mix well, adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste, then turn off the heat. If you like it spicy, you can add a few sliced chili peppers.

Final product

The stir-fried noodles with bok choy after completion have a fragrant aroma. When enjoyed, the sweet shrimp combined with the bok choy is incredibly appealing. This dish is guaranteed to be loved by everyone from young to old.

Prepare the ingredients

Peel the carrot, wash it clean, and cut it into thin strips.

Cut the cabbage into bite-sized strips, wash it clean, and let it drain.

Shrimp, cut off a bit of the head and tail, wash clean, and let it drain.

Shallots, peel and slice thinly.

Soak the egg noodles in water for about 10 minutes, then take them out to drain.

Mushrooms soaked in diluted salt water for 3 – 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water and let drain.

Stir-fry shrimp and vegetables

Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add the shallots to sauté until fragrant. When the shallots are aromatic, add the carrots and cabbage and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, then add a little water (about 1/2 ladle) into the pan and continue to stir-fry evenly for another 3 minutes.

Next, add shrimp, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 3 tablespoons of seasoning powder, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce into the pan, then stir-fry until the shrimp are cooked and turn orange-red.

Making shrimp and vegetable stir-fried noodles

After the shrimp are cooked, add mushrooms and noodles to the pan, mixing well over high heat for about 5 minutes, until the noodles and mushrooms are cooked, then turn off the heat.

Final product

The shrimp and vegetable stir-fried noodles are now complete, you can add a bit of chopped green onion and cilantro to create an appealing aroma. In this dish, you will feel the chewy noodles, well-seasoned flavors. The vegetables are perfectly cooked, still retaining their crispness and natural sweetness, while the shrimp is meaty, chewy, and sweet.

Just looking at it makes this dish appealing, with all the colors of the ingredients. This will be a dish worth trying on days when you’re tired of rice.