Penang Lor Mee (Braised Noodle)

This is a dish that bring me a lot of memories when I was young. It used to my favorite breakfast,especially the stall in front of my house. The uncle had been selling lor mee for the past 10 years and the taste is fabulous.

This is a dish that mainly focus on the gravy which consists of pork bone and spices. This dish suits well with the rainy season here. Chilling weather with a bowl of savory spices soup makes my body warm and nice.

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Be prepared that this dish need more time on the preparation, but the results are amazing. It is a dish where you can cook bigger portion and share it among your friends and family.

Ingredients

**Soup

1) Pork bone /Spare rib

2) Five spices powder

3) Thick dark soy sauce

4) Soy sauce

5) Salt

6) Sugar

7) Powdered chicken stock

8) Star anise

9) Cinnamon bark

10) Tapioca starch/ Corn starch (For thickening)

11) 1 whole egg

**Pork Roll (Lor Bak Kean)

1) Minced meat

2) Oyster sauce

3) Sugar

4) Salt

5) Sesame oil

6) Corn starch

7) Sliced shallots

8) Five Spice Powder

8) Bean curd skin

** Chili paste

1) Onion

2) Dried Chili

3) Oil

4) Salt

5) Sugar

** Garlic Vinegar

1) One whole garlic

2) Chinese dark vinegar

3) Water

** Fried shallots

1) Shallots

2) Oil

** Other ingredients

1) Twee Bak (Pork Thigh)

2) Boiled Egg

3) Flat yellow noodle

4) Bihun/vermicelli

5) Bean sprout

6) Chinese parsley/coriander

**Steps for preparing the soup

1) Bring a pot of water to boil, and put in the pork bone/spare rib.

2) Boil for about 2 min and you will see the impurities floating on the water.

3) Pour off the water and wash the pork bone/spare rib with running water.

4) Use slow cooker if there is any, else bring a big pot of water to boil, and put in the pork bone that are cleaned.

5) Put in cinnamon bark, star anise, dark soy sauce, soy sauce,powdered chicken stock,sugar, and salt the the pot and bring it to boil.

6) Turn the fire to medium small and continue to simmer for 2~3 hours till the aroma is released. If you are using slow cooker, cook the broth a night before and it will be ready to use the next day.

7) With the same pot of broth, put in boiled egg and twee bak and leave it to simmer for around 1.3o hours.

8) Remove the egg, twee bak, pork bones from the soup.

9) In a bowl, prepare some tapioca starch/corn starch with some water. It should be something light consistency.

10) With the pot of broth prepared and on small fire, pour in the tapioca starch/corn starch mixture bit by bit. Do not pour in at a goal, as this will results in clumping.

11) The soup should be forming a smooth,and thickening texture.

12) In another bowl, beat an egg, and with a ladle swirl the thickened broth and slowly pour in the egg bit by bit.

** Steps for preparing pork roll

1) In a bowl, put in minced meat, salt, sugar, oyster sauce, five spice powder, sesame oil, sliced shallots and mix well.

2) Put in some corn starch and mix together.

3) Prepare bean curd skin and wrap the seasoned minced meat to roll.

4) Pour in fair amount of oil in a pan and fry it till cooked

** Steps for preparing the Chili Paste

1) Soak dried chili to water for about 30 mins

2) Peel and cut the onion

3) Bring everything to a blender and blend till fine paste

4) Heat up pan, and pour in the paste.

5) Put in some salt and sugar for seasoning.

6) Fry till the moisture starts to evaporate, and add in oil.

7) Continue to fry the chili paste till color changes to dark red.

8) Transfer to a bowl and leave it aside.

** Steps for preparing the garlic vinegar

1) Peel garlic

2) Blend the garlic with some water

4) Remove from blender and add in chinese dark vinegar

3) Leave it aside for garnish later on

** Steps for preparing fried shallots

1) Peel shallots and slice finely

2) Put fair amount of oil and fry shallots till brownish

3) Remove from pan, separating the oil and the shallots.

** Steps for preparing the rest of the ingredients

1) Soak vermicelli in water till softened

2) Bring a pot of water to boil

3) Firstly blanched the bean sprout in the boiling water and remove it from water.

4) Next, in the same pot of water, put in the vermicelli for around 1 to 2 minutes and remove from water.

5) Lastly, put in the flat yellow noodle and cook till slightly soften.

** To assembly

1) In a bowl, put in cooked vermicelli, noodle, bean sprouts.

2) Top the noodle with boiled egg , and sliced twee bak.

3) Cut pork roll to small piece

3) Pour in the thickened gravy.

4) Garnish with garlic vinegar, chili paste, and chopped chinese parsley.

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