Seafood Mui Fan

"Mui Fan" is one of the most common dish found in Singapore Zhi-Cha" store (煮炒摊) in either hawker center or coffee shop. But now you can also find them listed in most of the Chinese restaurant where they add in more exotic ingredients. Although I used to cook this dish very often but it didn't come across my mind to post a recipe on this until I was chatting with one of my blogger friend about this a few weeks back. After that conversation, I thought this recipe might be of some use for those reader who stays overseas and craving for the local Zhi-Cha dish.

This is one of my favourite dish that I have learnt from my late dad. He used to cook this for me whenever I am in a rush for work or coming back late for dinner. As he will add in my favourite ingredients to make the egg sauce and spoon it on top of the pipping hot rice to create a hearty homecook meal. You can use whatever ingredients that you prefer from either seafood, meat or poultry to create different version according to your liking. For today, I will use prawn, fishcake, crabmeat stick and bunch of choy sum(菜心).

Ingredients: (serves 2)
8-10 Medium Size Prawns
1 Large Fried Fish cake, cut into slices
4 Imitation Crabstick, cut into halves
1 Bunch of Choy Sum
1 Medium Rice Onion, cut into wedge
3 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
2 Eggs
2 Rice Bowl of Cooked Rice
100 ml Water
1 Tablespoon Cornstarch Solution

Method:
1. Wash, clean the prawns, removed the shell of the body(head retain), slit the back of the prawn and remove the dirty or vein.
2. Marinate prawns with some cornstarch, pepper and cooking wine. Set aside.
3. Trim and wash the choy sum and set aside to drain well.
4. Preheat the pan with 1/2 tablespoon of oil, saute the minced garlic and onion till fragrant, add in the marinated prawns.
5. Give it a quick stir for about 10 - 15 seconds, till it slightly changed colour, add in the choy sum and stir-fry for another 5 seconds.
6. Next add in the fish cake slices and crabstick, and give it another quick stir before add in the water.
7. When the water comes to boil again, crack in the eggs, gently give it a few stir to separate the egg then stir it the cornstarch water to thicken the sauce.
8. Off the heat, season it with some salt and pepper before spooning it on top of the rice.
9. Serve hot with some cut chilli in light soy sauce.

Note:
~ If you are not sure what is "Fish cake", refer to the picture above(2nd row, on the left). It usually come in either rectangle or oval shapes.
~ Mixed 1 Tablespoon Water with 1/2 Teaspoon Cornstarch

Sometime when you are run out of idea on what to cook for your family or yourself. Or you are too tired to do all the preparation or washing for your meal. Maybe you can consider to give this a try, just add in anything that you can find in your fridge to make into a sauce base to go with your rice. Isn't this a quick and easy for anyone that craves for some comfort homecook dish.