Working Mother's Fried Bee Hoon

I can't remember if I've blogged about this dish before. Didn't do much cooking the past few weeks because I've returned home so tired from work. Not that work was sooooo exhausting. I don't know why, I've just been feeling more tired than usual.

As we attended our church's 9 day Novena, I didn't cook much. Hubs took over by dishing out simple meals (mixed with dishes bought from the nearby food court's 'chai perng' stalls). Anyway, I realised I had some more food pics not yet loaded (or have I? I can't recall. I feel like have brain-fog or something).

I don't know how to cook small portions. Perhaps the smallest portion of anything I've cooked is plain Maggi Mee. Here's some bee hoon (Fried Vermicelli) I tried frying (to feed an army).

May not look like much, but this blue 'China' plate is huge! I took the pics with the glasses and small bowls around the plate so you could see that it was big. We usually only take it out during parties and though we didn't throw a party on that work week night, I still needed to take it out from hibernation to contain the mountain of bee hoon I had fried. Actually, I find cooking a one-dish meal on a work week night to be more troublesome than cooking several simple Chinese dishes. Can whip up several simple meals faster than it took to prepare the ingredients for this Fried Bee Hoon.

For this bee hoon dish, I prepared and fried all the ingredients separately before throwing them in with the bee hoon. Realised it wasn't easy frying eggs thinly. Takes some practice! My kids complained about the sliced chilli on the bee hoon (and of course the fried shallots too). Sigh. Can't dress up my dishes. The family prefers them plain.

Fried Bee Hoon

Self-rating: Probably 5/10. Family said it tasted nice but I think I've a long way more to go.

Mmmmm.....I love fried bee hoon with red cut chillies and soya sauce. Simple yet divine! Comfort food!