Cantonese Yee Mee
Simple steps to follow:
Prepared all the ingredients.
Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add oil, heat until hot. Add in garlic, stir-fry for 20 seconds or until fragrant.
Stir in pork slice and fry for 2-3 minutes.
Then, add prawns and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
Add chicken broth and dried scallop together with the scallop water. Allow it to boil for 2-3 minutes.
Next, add in choy sum, allow to boil for 1 minute.
Slowly stir in the thickening mixture in the soup, keep stirring until it boil for about 1 minute. Add light soy sauce and stir all together.
Slowly, pour in the egg and stir it for 30 seconds.
Turn off the heat. Ladle the gravy over the yee mee noodles.
Cantonese Yee Mee
(YIELD: Makes 1 serving)
Ingredients:
- Yee Mee – 1 bunch
- Chinese choy sum (cut into 2 inches) – 2 stalks
- Pork (thinly slice) – 25 grams
- Prawns (unshelled and deveined, leave the tail on prawns) – 7 pieces
- Garlic (finely chopped) – 2 cloves
- Chicken broth – 2 1/2 cups
- Dried scallop (washed and soaked in 3 tablespoons water, overnight) – 2 scallops *optional
- Light soy sauce – 1/2 teaspoon
- Egg (lightly beaten) – 1 egg
- Oil – 1 tablespoon
Marinade for the pork
- Light soy sauce – 1 teaspoon
- Sesame oil – 1 teaspoon
Thickening (mix together)
- Corn starch – 2 tablespoons
- Water – 2 tablespoons
Instructions:
1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in pork slice. Mix everything together and marinade for 15 minutes or overnight. Set aside.
2. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add oil, heat until hot. Add in garlic, stir-fry for 20 seconds or until fragrant. Stir in pork slice and fry for 2-3 minutes. Then, add prawns and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
3. Add chicken broth and dried scallop together with the scallop water. Allow it to boil for 2-3 minutes.
4. Next, add in choy sum, allow to boil for 1 minute. Slowly stir in the thickening mixture in the soup, keep stirring until it boil for about 1 minute. Add light soy sauce and stir all together.
5. Slowly, pour in the egg and stir it for 30 seconds. Turn off the heat.
6. Ladle the gravy over the yee mee noodles.
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