Hae Mee - Hokkien Prawn Mee Noodle Soup
From Federal Burro of Information
Reference: https://omnivorescookbook.com/hae-mee/
I want to try and make this at home.
Ingredients
Stock
- 4 tablespoons peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
- 3 lbs (1.4 kg) pork meat and bone for braising (I used feet and shank), coarsely chopped (*Footnote 1)
- 1 lb (450 g) head-on shrimp (* Footnote 2)
- 1/2 cup (40 g) dried shrimp
- 4 cloves garlic , peeled
- 1 onion , coarsely sliced
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 star anise pod
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 dried chili peppers
- 1 teaspoon white peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Noodle and toppings
- 1 lb yellow noodles (or rice noodle sticks, or rice vermicelli)
- 4 cups (4 oz) water spinach (or spinach)
- 2 cups (4 oz) bean sprouts
- 4 fishcakes
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce, or to taste (Optional)
- Fried shallots, for garnish (Optional)
- Sambal oelek sauce (Optional)