Mee Sua Soup

Mee Sua signifies long life in Chinese custom and in my childhood days I remember my mum who never miss cooking a bowl of sweetened mee sua soup with two hard-boiled eggs on the early morning of me and my sibling's birthday.  Though today, this custom is still being practice by some Chinese family but noodles are being more commonly used when comes to celebrating birthdays.  

However, Mee Sua is still a popular wheat noodles among the Chinese families today, and the methods of cooking varies from one household to another.  I would like to share my own 'signature mee sua dish' and hope it will savor your taste buds as much as mine.....

Ingredients:
1 portion of dried mee sua
8 slices of chicken meat/pork
1 egg
1/2 tbsp kei chi (wash and drain)
2 stalks of kai lan (cut into sections)
1 knob ginger (shredded)
1/2 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
1 bowl water (add more if needed)

Marinade:
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp corn flour

Seasoning:
Salt (to taste)
Msg (to taste)
1/2 tbsp Chinese rice wine

Methods:

1. Marinate chicken or pork slices with soy sauce and corn flour, put aside for later use.
2. Heat both oil in a wok over medium heat, fry the shredded ginger till golden brown, dish and drain.
3. Add water into the same wok and once it comes to a boil add the marinated chicken/pork and kei chi, continue to cook till the meat is cooked through.
4. In another wok boil about 1 1/2 bowl of water, drizzle with a bit of cooking oil and once the water starts boiling add in the dried mee sua.  Stir well with chopsticks for about one minute, dish, drain and put into a big bowl.
5. To continue on with the soup, add seasoning, taste to get the correct seasoning, then add in kai lan give it a quick stir, finally crack in the egg.  Once it comes to a boil off the heat and pour the soup over the cooked mee sua.
6. Topped with fried ginger of (2) and serve immediately.

Note:  During serving, more rice wine can be added depending on your own preference.  I always enjoys this simple dish of mee sua for lunch, especially when I need to cook only one portion for myself.  Cooking a meal for one can be quite a lazy effort at times, so that is what I love most about this 'Simple yet yummylicious' dish!