Hae Mee - Hokkien Prawn Mee Noodle Soup

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)