Cambodian Lort Cha Recipe for Market Style Stir Fried Rice Pin Noodles
This Cambodian lort cha recipe makes a popular market meal of rice pin noodles stir-fried in fish sauce, soy sauce and palm sugar, with garlic, bean sprouts and scallions or chives. Of Cambodian-Chinese origin, this street food favourite is typically served with a fried egg and a squirt of chilli sauce.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Snack/Lunch
Cuisine: Cambodian/Chinese
Servings: 2
Calories: 890kcal
- 350 g fresh lort cha rice pin noodles
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp palm sugar
- 2 tbsp neutral oil vegetable, soybean
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 100 g fresh bean sprouts blanched
- 50 g scallions or chives sliced at 4cm lengths
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp chilli sauce to taste
Stir fish sauce, dark soy sauce and palm sugar in a small bowl until well combined and set the mixture of sauces aside.
Blanch the bean sprouts, finely chop the garlic, and slice the scallions or chives in 4cm lengths.
Heat two tablespoons of a neutral oil such as vegetable oil or soy bean oil in a wok, skillet or frying pan.
Fry garlic until it begins to brown, then add the fresh lort cha (rice pin) noodles and the mixture of sauces, and stir-fry the noodles for a few minutes until the sauce covers every noodle and the noodles become soft.
Add the bean sprouts and scallions or chives and stir-fry for another couple of minutes.
Push the noodles to the side and fried the eggs or fry them in a separate pan until the whites are done but yolk remains soft.
Serve the noodles with a fried egg on top. If feeding guests, I serve the noodles with additional dishes of finely-sliced chillies, scallions or chives, blanched bean sprouts, and bottles of chilli sauce, soy and fish sauce.
Calories: 890kcal | Carbohydrates: 160g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 1687mg | Potassium: 319mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1338IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 3mg