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To prepare stir-fried Hokkien noodles in the traditional way, you'll need a high gas flame and a wok. However, a large frying pan on either a gas or electric cook top, or an electric wok, also give good results. 

» 500g fresh Hokkien noodles
» 50-100g pork - thinly sliced
» 50-100g chicken - thinly sliced
» 12 green prawns
» 50-100g calamari - sliced into thin strips
» 0-3 small red chillies - seeded and chopped (optional)
» 1-2 cloves garlic - minced
» 2 cm cube fresh ginger - grated
» 1 medium onion - thinly sliced
» 100-200g fresh or canned bean sprouts
» 5 Shitake mushrooms - sliced
» Handful Asian greens (choy sum, Chinese broccoli, etc)
» 2 Tbsp peanut oil (or any other type of cooking oil)
» 2 Tsp sesame oil
» 1 Tbsp soy sauce
» 1 Tbsp fish sauce
» 1-2 Tbsp oyster sauce
» 0-1 Tbsp chilli sauce (optional)
 
Other ingredients that can be added or substituted (especially for vegetarian meals) include fried tofu, snow peas, carrot, capsicum and bamboo shoots.

Method
 

1.	Marinate the chicken and pork in 2 tsp of soy sauce and ½ tsp of the minced garlic for at least a few minutes (or longer if time allows).
2.	Blanch Chinese greens in a bowl of boiling water to soften them slightly if necessary.
3.	Heat half the peanut oil and half the sesame oil in a wok or large pan and fry half the garlic, ginger and chilli for 30 seconds, but not not allow them to burn.
4.	Add the pork and chicken pieces and stir them until they're no longer raw on the outside.
5.	Add the calamari and prawns and allow them to cook through (the prawns should turn orange and no longer look raw).
6.	Remove cooked meats and set them aside (this is necessary because of the volume being cooked).
7.	Pour boiling water over the noodles to loosen them and remove any excess oil. Drain them well.
8.	In the same wok or pan, heat the remainder of the peanut and sesame oils rest and fry the rest of the garlic, ginger and chilli for 30 seconds.
9.	On a very high heat, stir-fry the onions and Shitake mushrooms.
10.	Add the previously cooked meats and seafood and stir fry for a minute to reheat the meats.
11.	Add the bean sprouts and blanched Asian greens.
12.	Add fish sauce and stir fry for a further 30 seconds.
13.	Gradually add the Hokkien noodles and mix to combine all the ingredients. Make sure the noodles touch the sides of the wok or pan so that they fry and heat though. Fry for a further minute.
14.	Add the soy, oyster and chilli sauces and continue to stir fry for a further minute or until all the ingredients are heated through.
15.	Serve immediately and eat with chopsticks!

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