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{{Short description|Cambodian stir fry dish}}
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{{Infobox food
| name               = ''Lort cha''
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| alternate_name     = ''Lort char''
| country            = [[Cambodia]]
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| associated_cuisine = [[Cambodian cuisine]]
| course             = [[Main course|Main]]
| type               = [[Stir-fry]]
| served             = Hot
| main_ingredient    = [[Silver needle noodles]], [[garlic]], [[bean sprouts]] and [[scallions]] or [[chives]], [[palm sugar]], [[fish sauce]], [[dark soy sauce]] and [[fried egg]]
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| calories           = 890
| calories_ref       = <ref name="Dunston">{{cite web |last=Dunston |first=Lara |date=7 December 2020 |title=Cambodian Lort Cha Recipe for Stir Fried Rice Pin Noodles |url=https://grantourismotravels.com/cambodian-lort-cha-recipe/ |website=Grantourismo Travels |accessdate=30 March 2024}}</ref>
| protein            = 16
| fat                = 20
| carbohydrate       = 160
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{{Contains special characters|Khmer}}
'''''Lort cha''''' ({{langx|km|លតឆា}}) is a [[Cambodian cuisine|Cambodian]] [[street food]] dish made by [[stir-frying]] [[silver needle noodles]] ({{lang|km|លត}}, {{lang|km-latn|lort}}) with [[garlic]], [[bean sprouts]] and [[scallions]] or [[chives]], as well as greens or [[cabbage]], [[beef]], [[chicken]] or [[pork]], in a mixture of [[palm sugar]], [[fish sauce]] and [[dark soy sauce]] and served with a [[fried egg]].<ref name="Dunston"/> In 2022, [[BBC]] named it as one of the 50 best street foods in [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Springer |first=Kate |date=23 August 2020 |title=50 of the best street foods in Asia |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-best-street-foods-cmd/index.html |website=Grantourismo Travels |accessdate=30 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hor |first=Sevichea |date=1 September 2020 |title=‘Lort cha’ on top 50 Asian street foods list of CNN |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle-food-drink/lort-cha-top-50-asian-street-foods-list-cnn |newspaper=[[The Phnom Penh Post]] |accessdate=30 March 2024}}</ref>
== Preparation ==
Finely chopped garlic is fried in a [[wok]] before adding [[noodles]] and the sauce-sugar mixture and stir-frying for a few minutes and then adding [[Blanching (cooking)|blanched]] bean sprouts and scallions or chives and stir-frying for a few more minutes and serving it with a fried egg on top and finely-sliced chillies, scallions or chives, blanched bean sprouts, and [[chili sauce]], soy and fish sauce on the side.<ref name="Dunston"/>
The ingredients can also be partially stir-fried separately in three batches, starting with garlic, [[ginger]] and [[marination|marinated]] [[pork]] followed by noodles and then by garlic shoots and [[gai lan]] before combing all the stir-fried ingredients and stir-frying them together for a few more minutes and serving with a fried egg on top and bean sprouts, [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] halves, and [[chili oil]] on the side.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipe/fast-recipes/cambodian-lort-cha-20407/ |title=Cambodian lort cha |last=Busuttil |first=Lucy |date=25 October 2022 |magazine=[[Gourmet Traveller]] |access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Cambodia-cuisine-stub}}
{{Cambodian cuisine}}
[[Category:Cambodian Chinese cuisine]]