Prawn Mee Soup

Name: Prawn Mee Soup
Ingredients: For the stock; 1 kg spareribs; 500 g pork belly; 3 chicken bones, cleaned; 600 g flower crabs, shells removed,halved and cleaned; 600 g prawns, shelled; 2 tablespoons curry powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons oil; 500 ml water (4 litres water); 50 -75 g rock sugar; Seasoning; 1 tablespoon salt, to taste; 50 -75 g rock sugar; 900 g fresh yellow noodles (or any noodles you like to use); 250 g bean sprouts; 3 hardboiled egg, shelled and quartered; shallot, crisps; Chilli oil; 4 -5 tablespoons chili paste; 6 shallots, pounded; 3 cloves garlic, pounded; 4 -5 tablespoons oil; 1 teaspoon salt

24 ingredients

16 steps

Ingredients

For the stock
1 kg spareribs
500 g pork belly
3 chicken bones, cleaned
600 g flower crabs, shells removed,halved and cleaned
600 g prawns, shelled
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
500 ml water (4 litres water)
50 -75 g rock sugar
Seasoning
1 tablespoon salt, to taste
50 -75 g rock sugar
900 g fresh yellow noodles (or any noodles you like to use)
250 g bean sprouts
3 hardboiled egg, shelled and quartered
shallot, crisps
Chilli oil
4 -5 tablespoons chili paste
6 shallots, pounded
3 cloves garlic, pounded
4 -5 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1

Put spareribs, chicken nones and water into a deep stockpot.
2

Bring to a boil and simmer for 1-11/2 hours.
3

Halfway through, add belly pork and cook until meat is just cooked through.
4

Remove and slice the meat thinly then put aside for use as garnishing.
5

Boil crabs and prawn shells in 500ml water then simmer for 10-15 minutes.
6

Strain stock and add to main stock.
7

Add rock sugar and salt and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar.
8

Marinate shelled prawns with curry powder.
9

Heat 4-5 tablespoons of oil and fry pounded shallots, garlic and chilli paste until aromatic.
10

Dish out and set aside for use as chilli oil and paste.
11

Add 2 tablespoons oil to remaining chilli oil in wok and stir-fry marinated prawns until just cooked.
12

Remove and set aside.
13

To serve, put noodles, bean sprouts into a noodle strainer.
14

Scald in a pot of boiling hot water for a minute then drain off excess water.
15

Place into soup bowls.
16

Top up with the main stock and with a quarter slice of hard-boiled eggs, sliced belly pork, cooked prawns, chilli oil, chilli paste and shallot crisps.