Mi Xao Don is a classic Vietnamese dish featuring a bed of crispy, golden-brown fried egg noodles topped with a savory stir-fry of mixed vegetables and your choice of protein, all bathed in a glossy, umami-rich sauce. It's a textural delight, marrying the crunch of the noodles with the succulence of the toppings.
Ingredients
Sauce:
¼cupfish sauce
¼cuplow sodium soy sauce
¼cupdark soy sauce
⅓cupsugar
2tspblack pepper
3TbspShaoxing cooking wine
2Tbspsesame oil
Ingredients:
1lbsshrimp, peeled, or substitute with any protein or combination thereof
1pinchkosher salt
1pinchblack pepper
114-16 oz packageegg noodles, divided in half
avocado oil or any neutral oil, for deep frying
½onion, sliced
4clovesgarlic, chopped
1/2largeshallot, chopped
3cupslow sodium chicken broth
6cupsmedley of veggies; carrots, snap peas, baby bok choy, broccoli and/or straw mushroom, or any combination that you like
Thickener:
2Tbsppotato starch
¼cupwater
Instructions
Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
In a separate small bowl, add shrimp, sprinkle salt and pepper, and add 2 Tbsp of the sauce and mix together.
Set aside to let it marinate while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
Unravel the egg noodles, divide in half and place them on a big plate to form a flat round circle.
Fill a large skillet halfway with oil, turn on the heat and let the temperature reach 380 degrees.
Slide the plate of noodles gently into the hot oil, and cook for 5-10 seconds (until you see the noodles puff up and turn a very light brown color). Then flip it over so the other side does the same thing.
Immediately remove the noodles. It’s very easy to burn the noodles so be quick. Set noodles aside.
In a wok or pan, heat oil on medium high, then fry onions, garlic and shallot and cook for a few minutes until the onions soften.
Add shrimp and cook until shrimp is slightly pink.
Pour in chicken broth and bring it to a boil.
Then add your root vegetables that will take longer to cook, give it a toss and then add your potato starch mix. Make sure to stir everything together and cook for five minutes.
Pour in the sauce mix, along with any other vegetables, and let it cook for three more minutes. Turn off heat.
Place fried noodles on a serving plate and pour shrimp/vegetable mix on top.
Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve!
Notes
You can substitute the shrimp with any kind of protein such as tofu, beef, chicken, squid, pork etc. or a combination of any of these.