SINGAPORE NOODLES
Ingredients
- 300g/10oz pork tenderloin
- trimmed of fat and sinew
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp dry sherry
- 2 tsp soft light brown sugar
- ½ tsp Chinese five spice powder
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 100g/3½oz fine egg noodles
- 1 red onion
- cut into thin wedges
- 1 red pepper
- deseeded and sliced
- 100g/3½oz shiitake mushrooms
- sliced
- 2 garlic cloves
- crushed
- 20g/¾oz fresh root ginger
- peeled and finely grated
- 2 tsp medium Madras curry powder
- 200g/7oz prawns
- 10 spring onions
- trimmed and sliced diagonally
Directions
- Put the pork fillet in a bowl and pour over the soy sauce and sherry. Stir in the sugar and five spice powder and leave to stand for 30 minutes
- turning in the marinade every ten minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Drain the pork
- reserving the marinade. Place the pork on a small aluminium foil-lined tray. Drizzle with one tablespoon of the oil and roast for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to stand.
- While the pork is cooking
- cook the noodles according to the packet instructions.
- Place a large heavy-based frying pan or wok over a medium heat. Add two tablespoons of the oil and stir-fry the onion
- red pepper and mushrooms for 5-6 minutes or until beginning to soften and lightly colour. Add the garlic and ginger and stir-fry for one minute. Sprinkle the curry powder into the pan and cook for two further minutes.
- Cut the pork lengthways in half and then slice into thin pieces. Add the pork to the hot pan along with the prawns and spring onions. Stir-fry for one minute then add the drained noodles and reserved marinade. Mix together with chopsticks
- or a couple of forks
- for 2-3 minutes until piping hot. Serve immediately.

