Maella

Ingredients

To Fry

To Marinate

For Garnish

To Blanch

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat wok to medium. Add oil. When wok is hot, add in shallots. Fry til almost golden & push to side of wok

  2. 2

    Add pork. Let it sear on both sides for wok hei. Add garlic. Toss till garlic is fragrant. Add enough water til pork is barely covered. Let simmer & till all water has evaporated & pork is cooked through. Set aside, can be made in advance

  3. 3

    Prepare pot of boiling water. Add salt

  4. 4

    While waiting for water to boil, add 1 tbsp cooked minced pork & 1 tbsp juice + oil

  5. 5

    Once pot of boiling water is boiling, blanch choy sum for 2mins till cooked. Set aside

  6. 6

    Cook noodles according to instructions. If using Hakka noodles cook for +- 1 min. Continue stirring so it doesn’t clump & cooks evenly. Using sieve take noodles out & drench into cold water for 5secs. This makes it QQ. Take cooled noodles & plunge into pot of boiling water again to warm it up. Put onto plate & toss w juice

  7. 7

    Serve w choy sum, mince pork, spring onion


Notes

The pork belly mince we used was very fatty so there was a lot of oil in the juice to coat the noodles. If using leaner meat like pork shoulder / chicken, can add 1 tbsp oil when mixing noodles