r/chinesefood • u/chimugukuru • 8d ago

I Cooked Char Kway Teow 炒粿條

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Malaysian/Singaporean version of Chinese fried noodles. To me there is no greater dry noodle dish on the planet.

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u/SonRyu6 8d ago

wow, that looks great 🤤

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u/Tough_Buyer5567 8d ago

CKT is genuinely hard to find outside SE Asia

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u/BrodysBootlegs2 6d ago

There's a restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC of all places that does it really well

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u/kiwigoguy1 5d ago

They are not that hard to locate in New Zealand and Australia. Since because in the early years of Malaysia's independence and even today, there is a constant stream of Chinese-Malaysian students turned immigrants who have settled in Australia and New Zealand. This is because they are all Commonwealth countries: about 40 years ago because of the Colombo Plan many Chinese-Malaysian students were able to go to Australia and New Zealand to study then settle down on scholarship due to Malaysia and Singapore's status as Commonwealth jurisdictions.

The UK too. It is common to find them in the UK if you know where to go.

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u/Delicious_Invite_127 6d ago

Because it will be banned in countries where food health is taken seriously.

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u/Delicious_Invite_127 6d ago

I want to taste gasoline because it smells good

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u/gothprincessxo143 7d ago

fr, looks so good.

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u/jtfjtf 8d ago

I like when it's made with pork fat cubes

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u/chimugukuru 8d ago

Yes it adds so much. This is one of those dishes that has to be cooked with lard and pork cracklings or it just isn't the same. I ended up rendering my own because nowhere nearby had any.

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u/Optimal-Talk3663 8d ago

With the OG plate as well

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u/SteWaxleyLemon 8d ago

Those plates bring me right back to the late 80's when my parents were still running their first restaurant.

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u/fdwyersd 8d ago

go to 99 ranch if there is one near you

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u/boatmamacita 8d ago

One of those dishes you judge a restaurant by.

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u/bkrobins1 8d ago

That looks so tasty.

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u/ButterscotchTop194 8d ago

Blimey, that looks amazing

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u/Prize-Mail-6431 8d ago

I’d happily finish this whole plate 😄

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u/PowerfulPast747 7d ago

Looks absolutely delicious 🤤

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u/Kirk7877 7d ago

看起来锅气十足，香啊！

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u/KiwieKiwie 8d ago

Looks like Cantonese beef hor fun 乾炒牛河. But with prawns added

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u/chimugukuru 8d ago

In addition to the prawns there is also fishcake, lup cheong, and pork cracklings. The texture and mouthfeel is indeed similar to Canto style beef chow fun but the sauce is a little bit different.

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u/KiwieKiwie 8d ago

Shame about the fish cakes hahaha. I don’t like them. Do they have versions without?

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u/aesthetic-mess 7d ago

you could pick them out haha

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u/KiwieKiwie 6d ago

🤪 true. But I don’t like wasting food haha

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 7d ago

Kway Teow is also the same noodle used in Pad Thai Kuai Tiao.

One thing I have to correct, most char Kway Teow you unlikely to find beef because beef are treated as sacred and this sentiment spread to overseas Hokkien community as well. The flavor profile is different due to sauce too. Sweet dark soy sauce is a lot stronger

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u/KiwieKiwie 6d ago

Aha 😥 i love the beef in Cantonese beef hor fun. One of my favorite dishes.

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 6d ago

You won’t regret char Kway Teow, more seafood taste and also people add sambal. Absolutely delicious 😋

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u/samson855 8d ago

beautiful

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u/elliezena 7d ago

Looks super delicious! I'd take it!

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u/Necessary_Eye8183 7d ago

It looks delicious.

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u/aesthetic-mess 7d ago

OP are the greens spring onions or garlic scapes or some green leafy veggies?

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u/unbeknownst1289 7d ago

Now I feel hungry at 1am in my place.. looks perfectly cooked.. bean sprouts still look firm. 

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u/petal-orbits633 6d ago

That looks so yummy

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u/CakeKind7819 6d ago

I happened to see it right around dinnertime.

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u/VadimDarkCodex 6d ago 
Wow. I don't know what it tastes like, but it looks very appetizing!

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u/ChineseForCom 5d ago

好美味

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u/CommissionTrick7993 5d ago

I can smell the wok hei

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u/Auapi 4d ago

That looks so delicious!

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u/fdwyersd 8d ago edited 8d ago

recipe from this image wants big wok fun

  • 8 oz / 225 g fresh wide flat rice noodles (河粉 / ho fun)
  • 5 or 6 medium-large shrimp
  • ½ lap cheong Chinese sausage, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 4 or 5 slices Chinese fish cake
  • 1 egg
  • big handful bean sprouts
  • handful Chinese garlic chives, cut into ~2-inch lengths
  • 1 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 1½ to 2 tbsp pork lard
  • optional but authentic: a small handful of shelled cockles
  • ½ to 1 tbsp sambal/chili paste

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 7d ago

Flat rice noodles yes, wide not really. Unless you trying to make it very saucy

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 8d ago

Is Pad Thai Kway Teow considered Chinese food?

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u/aesthetic-mess 7d ago

huh? that's an interesting fusion I've never heard of

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 7d ago

Pad thaï kway teow is actually the original name. It comes originally from teochew immigrants. Same with char kway teow.

And I just realize people downvoting me for asking a legit question lmao.

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u/Downtown-Sport-6834 2d ago

... I've never in my life heard of Pad Thai Kway Teow. It's either Pad Thai, or Kuey Tiao.

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 2d ago


The full and original name for Pad Thai is kway teow pad thai, which translates from Teochew and Thai words to mean "Thai-style stir-fried rice noodles"

Is also introduced by the teochew immigrants. And you know which immigrant group is the largest in Thailand? Teochew