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Protein	16 g
Fat	20 g
Carbohydrate	160 g

*Lort cha*
Alternative names	Lort char
Type	Stir-fry
Course	Main
Place of origin	Cambodia
Associated cuisine	Cambodian cuisine
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Silver needle noodles, garlic, bean sprouts and scallions or chives, palm sugar, fish sauce, dark soy sauce and fried egg
Food energy; (per serving)	890 kcal (3726 kJ)
Nutritional value; (per serving)
Protein	16 g
Fat	20 g
Carbohydrate	160 g

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Lort cha (Khmer: លតឆា) is a Cambodian street food dish made by stir-frying silver needle noodles (លត, 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.^[1] In 2022, BBC named it as one of the 50 best street foods in Asia.^[2]^[3]

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 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.^[1]

The ingredients can also be partially stir-fried separately in three batches, starting with garlic, ginger and 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 halves, and chili oil on the side.^[4]