Name: Stir-fried pumpkin with rice vermicelli
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: ½ tsp salt; 300 g (10 oz) rice vermicelli; ½ cup water; 2 spring onions, finely sliced; 500 g (1 lb) clams; 1 cup chicken stock; 3 tbsp dried shrimp, soaked for 30 minutes and drained; ½ tsp sesame oil; ¼ tsp white pepper; ½ tsp sugar; 200 g (7 oz) pumpkin, peeled; 1 tbsp peanut oil

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Noodle

By Terry Durack

Published 2002

About

The Taiwanese love their noodles, although most of their favourites are variations of Hunanese, Sichuanese and Shanghainese noodle dishes. Pumpkin is rarely used in noodle dishes throughout Asia. After tasting this dish, you’ll wonder why.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) clams
½ cup water

Method

To cook clams, heat water in a lidded frypan until boiling. Add clams and cover tightly. Cook over high heat for 1 minute, then remove all opened clams with tongs. Cook for 1 minute more and remove all opened clams. Discard water, and keep clams in a covered bowl.

Place rice noodles in heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to stand for 6 to 7 minutes, then drain. Rinse unde