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Sunday, April 09, 2006
A lot of people have been asking for my Mee Hoon Kueh recipe.
What is Mee Hoon Kueh?
It is a Hokkien dish. It is also known as Pan Meen (variations: Paan Min, Pan meen) or Mee Hoon Kerr.
Well, to be honest, I don't have a recipe. I learned by observing and helping my mom and aunties prepare it for our Sunday brunch. It's quite easy. Here's my sort-of recipe. Free feel to modify it to your liking.
Dough: all purpose flour, water (room temperature)
Stock: ikan bilis (anchovies), chicken or chicken bones (optional)
Ingredients/toppings (you can use anything you like): Choi Sum or any kinds of greens, chinese mushroom, mook yi (wood's ear, the black fungus stuff), thinly sliced pork or chicken, meatballs (good for kiddies), fried onions/shallots, fishball/fishcake, fried ikan bilis, green/spring onion etc
Dough:
1. Put flour in bowl or on table. In the center, make a crater and add water in. Mix with fingers. Have some extra flour or water handy in case it gets too sticky or dry.
2. Knead the dough until a stretchy consistency. If you have a mixer with a dough hook, that'll save you a lot of work!
3. Put dough in a bowl and cover with a clean damp cloth. Let it sit between 30 mins - 1 hour.
Stock:
1. Boil ikan bilis in water.
2. Strain the ikan bilis out and put stock back in the pot.
What's Next?
There are 2 ways to make the noodles - pasta maker or free-style. Most hawker stalls use the pasta maker because it's more efficient. I prefer the latter method because it's more fun when you get everyone in the family involved. Oh yeah, have a rolling pin or a clean bottle handy.
1. Cut the dough into small balls and roll the dough. It'll be easier to stretch out the dough and it won't be too chewy.
2. Make sure that the stock is hot (but not rolling boil). If the stock is not hot enough, your mee hoon kueh will come out sticky and gunky. You can season the stock if you'd like.
3. Put in meat/meatball etc. If you're using mook yi (wood ear) or mushrooms, put it in now.
4. Put in dough pieces. You'll know they're cooked when they float to the top. Crank up the heat. Stir the pot so the mee hoon kueh don't stick to each other.
5. Put in the veggies at the very last minute. Turn heat off.
6. Scoop mee hoon kueh into bowl. Decorate with fried shallots and green/spring onion. Serve with a side of soy sauce with cut chillies.
If you've tried this recipe, do let me know how it turned out! Enjoy!
14 Comments:
simmie, try slicing the woodear into fine julienne..tatse better then,,
12:22 AM
Can make into spaggheti like strands?
1:00 AM
sure you can anonymous - just use the pasta making machine. Rll them flat and then go thru the thickness to your liking.
4:44 AM
foodcrazee: Yeah. That's a good idea.
anonymous: yeah, like what foodcrazee said...use a pasta making machine. Make sure you roll them through the machine a few times first
8:56 PM
simmie, nice to bump into your blog when search the net how to get to Hai Nan village in Pandamaran or Port Klang area. Do you know how? Really nice to find a Malaysian's blog who settled in USA. Keep in touch and free free to visit my blog.
Can also visit me at http://www.garykang.com
9:56 PM
goliku - food in Hainan Village is not that good anymore. Try Telok Gong.....mail me if in doubt...
3:20 AM
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6:14 AM
goliku: Sorry, I'm not very familiar with the Pandamaran or Port Klang area. Your best bet is to ask foodcrazee. He probably knows the area better.
10:14 PM
OMG!! my favourite!!! and i like my flour to be think n sticky/chewy. lol :P
11:58 PM
Looks quite like what I cook at home :)
9:17 PM
Actually, mee hoon keuh is really like another variety of pasta, isn't it? :D
11:22 AM
pablopabla: Isn't it fun when you have the entire family helping to make it? When my grandparents were still alive, we used to do it every weekend. Now that I'm away from home. We just don't do it as often anymore.
tigerfish: Yes. The free-style kind! Although, you could make it with a pasta machine but then that's not as fun.
3:43 PM
can't believe i actually found a relevant and homely recipe of mee hooon kueh. Thanks so much, it helps loads for someone living away from Singapore and want to cook a close-to-my-mum-style mee hoon kueh!
2:54 AM
hi!
can i know how much roughly flour and water you added to form the dough? and how many servings?
thank you! :)
11:08 AM
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