Wanton Mee

I love wanton mee. This would be one of our top 10 " must have" when we were back in Malaysia. The simplicity of the dish makes it great ! There is 2 ways you can have wanton mee, dry and wet.

Recipes adapted from http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipewontonmee.htm

Wanton Mee ( Soup version) - serve 2

2 cup egg noodle

1 cup of chopped choy sum

3 slices of ginger

6 cups of water

10 cups of water ( to cook the noodle and wantons)

2 stalks of scallions

6 wantons ( wantons recipe below)

1/2 chicken breast

1 tb soy sauce

1 tb shaoxing wine

1 tb fish sauce

1 tb of sugar

sesame oil

pickled green chillis

salt

pepper

1) In a stock pot , bring 6 cups of water to boil.

2) In a large pot, bring 10 cups of water to a rapid boil

2) Add in scallions, chicken breast and ginger into the stockpot

3) simmer about 25-30 minutes, remove chicken , set aside

4) blanch choy sum until al dante in the same boiling water, then remove the choy sum and set aside ( Now you have a chicken and vegetable broth! ) . Add sugar. salt , pepper, fish sauce, shaoxing wine to taste ( slightly saltier then u want it because when you add the noodle, it will balance it up nicely)

5) Cook wantons for about 3-5 minutes in the large pot and set aside

6) Cook the egg noodle in the large pot until al dante for about 1-2 minutes

7) Shred the chicken breast

8) To assemble, put the egg noodle in a bowl, then add wantons, choy sum , shreded chicken, and laddle in the broth

9) add a dash of pepper , and 1 ts of sesame oil

10) serve it hot with condiment ; pickled green chillis (recipe below)

Wanton Mee ( Dry Version)

2 cup egg noodle

1 knob ginger

1/2 cup chopped scallions

2 ts salt

3 tb oyster sauce

2 ts dark soy sauce

1 tb of soy sauce ( adjust to taste)

1 tb sesame oil

1/2 tb white pepper

1/2 cup chopped choy sum

1) In a large pot , bring 1 litre water to boil

2) Add salt, 1/4 cup scallions, and ginger

3) Cook egg noodle in the pot until al dante, drained

4) Blanch Choy sum in pot for 1-2 minutes

5) Mix oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper with noodle, mix well

6) To assemble, place 1/2 the noodle on one plate, with choy sum and chicken.

7) Garnish with 1/2 of the remaining scallions, and top it up with some pepper

Wanton recipe

10 of wanton wrappers

1/2 cup of ground pork

1/2 tb corn starch

1/2 tb sesame oil

1 tb soy sauce

1/2 tb fish sauce

1 tb shaoxing wine

1) Mix ground pork with corn starch , sesame oil , soy sauce and shaoxing wine

2) wrap with wanton wrappers to form 10 wantons

Pickled green chillis

2 green chillis

1 cup of water

1 cup of vinegar

1) chop the chillis

2) boil water, remove water from heat

3) soak chillis in boiled water for 10 minutes

4) drain the chillis and soak chillis in vinegar overnight