Kon Lo mien

This recipe makes 2 serves. Increase ingredients according to how many serves you want to make.

Ingredients

  • 200g fresh or dried noodles

  • 150g marinated minced pork

  • 1 cup green vegetables (choy sum or bok choy), washed and cut into uniform pieces

  • fish cake / fish balls (3 slices / 3 pieces per serve)

  • 100g roast pork (siew yoke), cut into bite-sized pieces

  • dumpling/wonton wrappers

For the noodle sauce:

  • 5 Tbsp cooking oil

  • 2 shallots, finely sliced

  • 2 Tbsp light soy sauce

  • 2 Tbsp oyster sauce

  • 1 tsp dark soy sauce

  • 1/2 - 1 tsp sugar

  • cornstarch slurry (make a slurry with 1 Tbsp of cornstarch and 3 Tbsp of cold water)

For the garnish:

  • 1-2 tsp sesame oil

  • chopped spring onions for garnishing

Make the dumplings

  • marinate the pork mince with a dash of soy sauce, sesame oil, a drop of oil, salt, white pepper and corn flour

  • optional: you can also add finely shredded carrots or mushrooms to the mince mixture

  • put a dumpling wrapper on the palm of your hand

  • put 1 Tbsp of mince on it, wet the sides of the wrapper, fold over, push out any air bubbles and press the edges tightly to seal

Cook the noodles, vegetables and fish cake

  • cook noodles according to packet directions

  • strain the cooked noodles and rinse with cold water

  • set aside

  • blanch the vegetables, strain and set aside

  • cook the fish cake / fish balls, strain and set aside

Cook the dumplings

  • put a pot of water on to boil

  • once it comes to a rolling boil, put the dumplings in slowly and turn it down to medium heat

  • when it starts boiling again, add in some cold water and let it come to the boil again (this helps to keep the skin from tearing)

  • scoop out the dumplings when they float up and keep aside

Make the noodle sauce

  • heat up a small pan

  • add oil and sliced shallots and fry till fragrant

  • add the light and dark soy sauces and the oyster sauce

  • season to taste with a bit of sugar

  • add some cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce

  • put the noodles in and coat with the sauce

To serve

  • put the noodles on a plate

  • put the vegetables, fish cake, roast pork, dumplings on top of the noodles

  • garnish with chopped spring onions and a little sesame oil

  • enjoy!