Recipe: Meatless Mee Goreng

Recipe: Meatless Mee Goreng

Mee Goreng is a classic Malaysian comfort food, usually served in Mamaks.

This recipe will include no meat, so that you can still indulge in this tasty dish while keeping meat-free.

Benefits of Mee Goreng

Tom Yum is made of the following ingredients:

• Onion: Regulates blood sugar, improves digestion and bone density

• Garlic: Regulates blood pressure and cholesterol

• Choy Sum: Protects the eyes, strengthens bones, promotes good digestion and detoxes the liver

• Cabbage: Lowers inflammation, protects against heart disease and stroke, improves immune system and strengthens bones

• Bean Sprouts: Regulates blood pressure and cholesterol and protects against cancer

• Tofu: Good source of protein

• Blackstrap Molasses: Good for iron deficiency, bone health, and constipation

• Brown Rice Vinegar: Regulates blood pressure and cholesterol, promotes weight loss

• Calamansi Lime: Protects the eyes, promotes immune health, promotes collagen production, reduces acidity in the gut

Ingredients for Mee Goreng

• 1 ¼ cup chopped Choy Sum

• 1 ¼ cup chopped cabbage

• 1 ¼ cup bean sprouts

• 1 onion, roughly chopped

• ½ clove garlic, roughly chopped

• 1 ½ cup tofu

• 1 ½  tablespoon vegetable oil

• 450g yellow noodles

• Fried shallots flakes

Ingredients for Mee Goreng Sauce

• 4 tablespoon tomato paste

• 3 tablespoon soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses

• ½ tablespoon brown rice vinegar

• 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1 calamansi lime

Tools for Mee Goreng

• 1 wok

Preparing the Mee Goreng

1. Chop the Choy Sum, cabbage, onion, garlic into small chunks

Preparing the Mee Goreng Sauce

1. Mix together all the ingredients for the mee goreng sauce

Cooking the Mee Goreng

1. Heat up 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a frying pan on high heat

2. Add in onion and garlic and fry for 3 minutes

3. Add ½ tablespoon of oil, and toss in all vegetables and tofu

4. Toss in yellow noodles and sauce mixture

5. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes until ingredients and noodles are evenly mixed

Serving

1. Sprinkle fried shallot flakes (Optional)

2. Cut the calamansi lime in half, and squeeze the juice over the noodles

Sources:

• Netmeds: Choy Sum: Nutrition, Health Benefits, Uses, Recipe And Side Effects

• Brown Health: Cabbage and the Benefits of this Overlooked Superfood 

• WebMD: Health Benefits of Bean Sprouts

• Healthline: Tofu: Health Benefits and Risks

• Healthline: 6 Potential Benefits of Blackstrap Molasses

• WebMD: Rice Vinegar: Is it Good for You?

• Nawon: 8 Benefits Of Calamansi Juice – A Tasty Citrus Fruit

• Davina Da Vegan: Mee Goreng Mamak (Mamak-style Fried Noodles)

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