Tong Mee Swa
Source of Recipe
Asian Cooking Made Easy
Recipe Introduction
Long Life Noodles Soup
List of Ingredients
250 g finely minced lean pork
1 teaspoon very finely chopped dried salted cabbage
- tang choy
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon cornflour
4 cups pork or chicken stock
4 bundles fresh fine egg noodles shaken to separate
4 lettuce leaves washed torn into 2cm
lengths
2 tablespoons crisp fried eschalots to garnish
additional white pepper to taste
SUBSTITUTES
Use 250g dried fine egg noodles instead --
boil
until cooked 3-4 minutes then add to the soup.
of fresh egg noodles Recipe
RECIPE VARIATION - For a variation you could try substituting minced
chicken for the pork, and use spinach leaves instead of the lettuce.
Place the prok in a medium bowl and add the salted dried cabbage,
salt,
pepper and cornflour. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Shape 1
tablespoon pork mixture into a small ball about 2cm in diameter and
set
aside. Repeat until all the mixture has been used. Bring the stock to
the
boil, in a large saucepan, then add the pork balls. Simmer over a low
heat, uncovered for 10 minutes. Add the noodles and lettuce, stir
while
heating through about 15 seconds, then immediately transfer to four
soup
bowls. Garnish with the crisp fried eschalots and sprinkle over
addittional pepper to taste.
China - This noodle soup is a must at Chinese birthday celebrations as
the long thin egg noodles known as mee swa, symbolise longevity. If
you
cannot obtain fresh egg noodles, dried egg noodles make a good
substitute
for this tasty soup, which is made with pork or chicken stock and
minced
pork balls. You don't have to wait for a birthday to serve this - try
it
for lunch or a light meal.
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