
Pasta & rice
Bami kip (bami met kip, chicken bami noodles)
Bami is a stir-fried noodle dish very popular in Suriname, a legacy of Indonesian and Chinese cuisine. Here the thin noodles are browned with chicken, cabbage and carrots, flavoured with soy sauce and stock. A street-food classic that is easy to make at home.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Garniture
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
332 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 36.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 15.8 g
- of which sugars
- 12.4 g
- Fat
- 12.2 g
- of which saturated fat
- 2.3 g
- Fiber
- 4.9 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Cook the noodles in a large pot of salted boiling water for the time indicated on the packet, then drain and rinse them under cold water.
- Cut the chicken into thin strips, the onion into half-moons, the carrots into sticks and the cabbage into fine shreds.
- Stir-fry the chicken in very hot oil for 4 to 5 minutes until golden and cooked through, then set it aside.
- In the same wok, fry the garlic and onion, then add the carrots and cabbage and stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes, keeping a bit of crunch.
- Return the chicken, add the drained noodles, the soy sauce, the sweet soy sauce and the stock, then toss vigorously for 2 minutes until the liquid is absorbed.
- Meanwhile, cook the eggs as a thin omelette, roll it up and cut it into strips.
- Divide the noodles among plates, top with omelette strips and cucumber, and add chili to taste.
Variations and tips
Vegetarian version. Replace the chicken with sautéed firm tofu and the stock with vegetable stock.
Using what's available here. Yellow noodles and sweet soy sauce can be found in Asian supermarkets; otherwise, add a little brown sugar to regular soy sauce.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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