Nyonya chap chye
Nyonya chap chye, from above
Non vegPenang and Melaka

Nyonya chap chye

Cabbage braised with glass noodles, mushrooms and taucheo. The Nyonya festival vegetable dish.

45 minTime
13 gProtein each
mildSpice
Mixed vegetables2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayCabbage braised with glass noodles, mushrooms, pork and taucheo.
The original
368kcalsame
13 gproteinsame
6 gfibresame
45minutessame

Nyonya chap chye.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Dried shiitake mushrooms6, soaked
Dried wood ear mushroom (dried black fungus)soaked
Sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles)soaked
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp
Garlic6 cloves
Dried shrimp1½ tbsp
Pork bellythin slices
Taucheo2 tbsp
Napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf)chunks
Carrotsliced
Watermushroom soaking water
Soy sauce1 tbsp
Dark soy sauce1 tsp
Firm tofufried tofu or beancurd skin

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Soak the shiitake, wood ear and glass noodles; keep the mushroom water.
  2. 2Fry the garlic and dried shrimp in the oil, then the pork until the fat renders.
  3. 3Add the taucheo, then the mushrooms, and fry 2 minutes.
  4. 4Add the cabbage, carrot, soaking water and soys. Simmer 15 minutes until the cabbage is soft.
  5. 5Add the tofu and noodles and cook 5 minutes until the noodles absorb the gravy.
Serve it like this

Serve in a shallow bowl with gravy, alongside rice, a curry and sambal belacan.

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What goes with Nyonya chap chye: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Babi pongteh90 min
With a main Ayam buah keluak120 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
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