mee bandung (noodles with sweet potato sauce)

Name: Mee Bandung (Noodles with Sweet Potato Sauce)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 box(es) spaghetti; 1/2 pound(s) beef; 1/4 pound(s) jumbo shrimp; 2 - eggs; 1 - medium sized sweet potato, boiled, remove skin and mash; 2 stalk(s) chinese cabbage or bok choy, sliced; 1 - steak tomato cut into 6 pieces; 1 - tofu cut into 6 pieces; 1 - fresh red chilies; 8 clove(s) garlic; 1/2 - yellow onion sliced thinly; 2 tablespoon(s) cooking oil; 4 tablespoon(s) tomato sauce; 2 tablespoon(s) roasted peanuts - grinded; 2 teaspoon(s) dried shrimp; 2 teaspoon(s) salt

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Updated on Sep 4, 2013

This is a Malaysian comfort pasta dish, one that I cook since I moved to the USA when it is cold outside.

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Mee Bandung; A Malaysian Noodle with Sweet Potato Sauce

prep time 30 Min

cook time 20 Min

method ---

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 box spaghetti
1/2 pound beef
1/4 pound jumbo shrimp
2 - eggs
1 - medium sized sweet potato, boiled, remove skin and mash
2 stalks chinese cabbage or bok choy, sliced
1 - steak tomato cut into 6 pieces
1 - tofu cut into 6 pieces
1 - fresh red chilies
8 cloves garlic
1/2 - yellow onion sliced thinly
2 tablespoons cooking oil
4 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons roasted peanuts - grinded
2 teaspoons dried shrimp
2 teaspoons salt

How To Make mee bandung (noodles with sweet potato sauce)

Step 1

Boil the beef and save the broth. Cut the beef into thin slices

Step 2

Blend the red chilies, garlic and dried shrimp until fine in a blender.
Step 3

Heat up the oil in a pot, sauté the sliced onion until softened then add the blend of red chilies, garlic and dried shrimp. Stir until thickened and aromatic.
Step 4

Add the beef broth and simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat.
Step 5

Add the mashed up sweet potato and the tomato sauce.
Step 6

Add the grinded peanut and simmer until the oil rises to the top.
Step 7

Add the sliced beef, tofu, tomatoes and salt, and simmer for 5 minutes
Step 8

Add the shrimp and simmer for another 5 minutes
Step 9

Break in 2 eggs, let cook for 3 minutes then turn off heat. Add the Chinese bak choy.
Step 10

Serve the sauce over noodle
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