Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup 台式米粉湯


Probably not the best known, but Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup (台式米粉湯) is another significant Taiwanese dish which is supper common in Taiwan from breakfast shops to local night markets. This is also a common home dish that every Taiwanese family would have their own recipe. Taiwanese rice noodles soup could be very simple with fewer ingredients, but today I would like to do a sumptuous version to make it full of umami and Taiwanese flavour. This is what I called a hearty nostalgic reminder of my Taiwanese home.

 

Ingredients

-2 raw squid tubes, cut into pieces.

-2-3 ginger slices, cut into matchstick-sized pieces.

-3-5 tbsp rice cooking wine.

Marinate squid and ginger in rice wine for 15 minutes.

 

Other ingredients

-2 packs of rice noodles, soaked in hot water for 5 minutes, drain and set aside.

-3-5 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in 1 cup water until soften, drain and cut into thin strips. Keep shiitake soaking water.

-2 tbsp dried shrimps, soaked in 1 cup water until soften, drain and keep shrimps soaking water.

-1 cup of water.

-1 celery stick, lightly peeled off the strings and finely chopped.

-3-4 pieces Chinese leaves, cut into strips.

-Finely chopped chives.

-Finely chopped spring onions.

-1 tbsp sea salt.

-1 tbsp fish sauce.

-1 tsp white pepper.

-Fried shallots or fried onions to garnish.

 

Method

1. Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium high heat, stir fry Chinese leaves, shiitake mushrooms, spring onions, dried shrimps, celery and chives until soften and fragrant.

2. Pour shiitake and shrimps soaking water and 1 cup of water, bring it to a boil and reduce the heat, simmer for 5 minutes, season with salt and fish sauce.

3. Add rice noodles, cook for 2-3 minutes.

4. Add squid, ginger and soaking rice wine, cook for a further 1-2 minutes.

5. Serve into noodle bowls, add white pepper and sprinkle with fried shallots.

 


 

本來想做小卷米粉,但最後又演變成料很多的豪華版本,雖然英國買得到米粉,但有時還是會很想念充滿家鄉味的粗米粉,有人也跟我一樣是喜歡吃粗米粉的嗎?


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