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Mine Frite

Name: Mine Frite
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Mauritius
Ingredients: 2 servings Chinese Noodles; 1/2 sheets Chicken Breast; 1/8 Cabbage; 1/3 Carrot; 3 Green Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Oyster sauce; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; To taste Chili sauce

Noodles

⏱ 25 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Chinese noodles stir-fried with chicken and vegetables in soy and oyster sauce — Mauritius's fried noodles.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mine frite means 'fried noodles,' Mauritian fried noodles born from the food culture of Chinese immigrants. Noodles are stir-fried with chicken or shrimp, cabbage, carrot, and scallions in soy sauce and oyster sauce. Eaten every day at stalls and at home, it's topped with chili sauce Mauritian-style.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a stall in Port Louis's Chinatown, noodles are tossed boldly in a big wok and piled high on paper plates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Chinese Noodles 2 servings
Chicken Breast 1/2 sheets
Cabbage 1/8
Carrot 1/3
Green Onion 3
Garlic 1 clove
Soy Sauce 1 1/2 tbsp
Oyster sauce 1 tbsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Chili sauce To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into thin strips, shred the cabbage and carrot, and cut the scallions into 4cm lengths.
Loosen the noodles.
Heat oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the garlic and chicken.
Add the vegetables and stir-fry, then add the noodles and toss together, loosening them.
Season with soy sauce and oyster sauce and serve with chili sauce.

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