Monday, September 13, 2010

Mee Sua or Mee Suah?

What ever the real spelling is, I love mee suah... The aroma of rice wine, the tenderness of chicken thigh and the softness of the rice noodles/vermicelli...


Owh... Just look at the picture!!

Luckily for me, I know how to make mee suah. The most important element is the soup. My style of cooking is always simple. You don't need all those fancy spices from some sing-sheh. From my experience in cooking, always use fresh ingredients available near to you, imported stuffs doesn't really ensure good results. Plus, locally available ingredients are cheaper and easier to get.

I'm not going to tell you step by step, but I'll tell you what you really need. You'll need chicken, always use fresh chicken thigh. You'll also need rice vermicelli, garlic, shallots, Shiitake mushroom (dried ones also okay) and some rice wine (cheap ones pun ok). Basically you just dump everything (except for shallots and rice vermicelli)into a pot of boiling water. Then you slow down the flame and let them all play together for 30 minutes. If you like your soup to be strong, add more rice wine. When the soup is done, it's time to prepare your noodles. Add rice vermicelli into a bowl of bowling hot water. Take them out as soon as they're soft. Timing is important here 'coz if you put them for too long in hot water,they'll get all sticky. You don't need them to be fully cooked since your soup will do the trick.



So in a bowl you have your noodles, add in your soup and chicken thigh. Chop your shallots, sizzle them with some oil and then pour them into your bowl off mee suah..... So there you go..Mee Suah/Sua.... For full recipe and steps on how to make mee suah, just email me.... Byah!!!!!!

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