Name: Kua Mee
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Laotian
Ingredients: 16 oz pho noodles (soaked in warm water for at least 30 minutes.); 3/4 C sugar; 1/3 C vege oil; 3/4 C water; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp fish sauce; 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped); 1 large shallot (finely chopped); 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped); 2 T vege oil; 0.5 lb Pork (sliced thinly into bite size); 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp thin soy sauce; 1/2 tsp fish sauce; 2 eggs; 1 T vege oil; 1/2 tsp thin soy sauce; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper

Laotian

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Spatula

Tongs

Crack 2 eggs in a bowl. Add thin soy sauce, salt and pepper

In a nonstick fry pan, add the oil and put it on medium heat.

Add half the egg mixture and move it around the pan to form a thin omelette.

When the eggs begin to firm up, &nbsp;use a spatula to flip the omelette. Cook for another 2 minutes then repeat with the remainder of the eggs.

Stack the omelettes on top of each other. Once it has cooled down then you can roll it and slice the egg into long thin slices. Set the egg slices aside.

Finely chop garlic and shallots. Thinly slice the pork into bite size pieces.

In a wok or fry pan, add the oil. Sauté the garlic on medium heat.

Add the pork, salt, sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce. Stirfry until the pork is cooked. Remove from pan and put aside.

In a wok, add the oil and sugar and put on low-medium heat.

Slowly stir the sugar with a spatula until it caramelizes.

Add the garlic and shallots. Fry until golden.

Add Water. Continue to stir with a spatula until all the sugar dissolves. Add salt and fish sauce.

Turn the heat up to high. Add the noodles. Use chopsticks or tongs to move the noodles around. Make sure the sauce evenly coats the noodles.&nbsp;Stir Fry for about 3 minutes until the noodles are cooked.

Remove the noodles from pan put it into a mixing bowl. Let the noodles cool down a little. Then add the pork, bean sprouts, egg slices, cilantro and green onions.

Toss all the ingredients together and serve.

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