Mee Hoon Kueh
Mee Hoon Kueh is a Hokkien term for a dish of flour dough pieces cooked in soup. The most important ingredient is the ikan bilis (anchovies) – based soup, which is refreshing and tasty to boot!
Cooked this one for the first time in my home, with the help of a very good friend.
Ingredients
For soup:
- 3/4 bowl Ikan bilis (i used a standard rice bowl)
- 1/4 bowl soy bean
- 100gms minced meat (marinate with salt, pepper and light soya sauce)
- Meat balls
- 1 – 2 Knorr ikan bilis stock cubes
- Sayur manis
- Eggs
For dough:
- Wheat flour
- Oil
- Water
For garnishing:
- 6 pieces Shallots
- Handful of Ikan Bilis (cleaned)
Steps
For flour dough:
Add water to flour slowly and knead until a good consistency dough is achieved (stretchy but not sticky). Add a bit of oil halfway through the kneading process to smoothen the dough. Cover and set aside. Hand-kneading may take at least 1/2 hour to reach the optimal consistency.
For the soup:
Boil ikan bilis and soy bean for about 1/2 hour, then strain away the ikan bilis and soy bean. Add minced meat and and continue simmering at low fire.
For garnishing:
Slice shallots thinly and fry in oil till golden brown, then set aside. Use the oil to fry the ikan bilis till golden brown, then set aside too.
After the dough and soup base is done, we can now make a bowl of mee hoon kueh. Transfer some stock into a small soup pot (the size of a typical pot you would cook instant noodles in), and add meat balls. Grab a palm-sized worth of dough, and start pinching small pieces to flatten them and throw into the soup to cook about 5 minutes. About a minute before you take it off the fire, add the sayur manis and an egg to the soup.
Dish out into a bowl, add fried shallots and fried ikan bilis to taste.
Easy to make, and satisfying to the tummy!
Forgot to take a picture before wolfing the bowl of soup away, must remember to take pictures of my adventures in the kitchen and post them up here. Need a record of my little adventures in the kitchen.
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