This article is about the Chinese noodle dish usually served in Malaysia and Singapore. For the similarly named Indonesian noodle dish, see kwetiau goreng.
Not to be confused with the pastry you char kway or the snack chai tow kway.
Char kway teow
Char kway teow at a hawker centre in Singapore
Alternative names
Char kuey teow
Type
Shahe fen
Place of origin
China (original) Malaysia[1] and Singapore[2] (adaptation)
Region or state
Southeast Asia[1][2]
Associated cuisine
Malaysia and Singapore
Created by
Overseas Chinese laborers in Southeast Asia
Main ingredients
Shahe fen, light and dark soy sauce, chili paste, belachan, whole prawns, deshelled blood cockles, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, Chinese sausage
transcription from the original name pronunciation in Hokkien (Min Nan)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
chǎo guì diāo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
cháau gwai dīu
Jyutping
caau2 gwai3 diu1
Char kway teow (sometimes also spelled as char kuey teow, Chinese: 炒粿條; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-kóe-tiâu) is a stir-fried rice noodle dish from Maritime Southeast Asia of southern Chinese origin.[3][1] In Hokkien and Teochew, char means 'stir-fried' and kway teow refers to flat rice noodles.[4] It is made from flat rice noodles (Chinese: 河粉; pinyin: hé fěn; Cantonese Yale: hó fán) or kway teow (Chinese: 粿條; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-tiâu; pinyin: guǒ tiáo; Cantonese Yale: gwó tìuh) of approximately 1 cm or about 0.5 cm in width, stir-fried over very high heat with garlic, light and dark soy sauce, chili paste, whole prawns, shelled blood cockles, chopped Chinese chives, slices of Chinese sausage, and bean sprouts.[5][6] Other common ingredients include fishcake and belachan.[6]
Originally developed and catered to overseas-born Chinese labourers in the Southeast Asia region, the dish has achieved widespread popularity within the region from the late 20th century onwards, particularly in Malaysia and Singapore. The dish has also acquired a reputation of being unhealthy due to its high saturated fat content, as it is traditionally stir-fried in pork fat with crisp croutons of pork lard.
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