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Ingredients

200 grams minced pork, 2 blocks firm tofu, 1 piece salted fish (thumb size), bunch of spring onions (chopped and only use the white stems), 2 stalks Chinese leek (sectioned into 2-inch size), 100 grams soy beans, 500 ml chicken stock,  salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Soak soy beans in cold water for 4 hours then drain dry.
• Heat up enough oil in a sauce pot and deep fry soy beans until the beans become crispy. Drain and set aside.
• Steam salted fish for 5 minutes, mash only the meat and mix it with minced pork and chopped spring onions. Stir in one direction only until mixture become gluey.
• Cut the two blocks of tofu into 8 rectangular pieces, hollow each of the tofu pieces in the middle part and stuff with the meat mixture.
• Deep fry stuffed tofu until golden brown (you can use the balance oil that deep fried the soy beans).
• Heat up chicken stock in a clay pot, add deep-fried soy beans and leek in then bring to a boil. Turn to low heat and let it simmer for 30 minutes until beans turn soft.
• Place tofu in and add seasoning to taste. Simmer dish for another 2 minutes and serve hot.

I have been posting quite a lot of Hakka food recipes in this website and I would like to talk about Hakka cuisine further. I have just posted a write up about Hakka culinary culture in my website and there will be more authentic Hakka food recipes on the way. read more

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What I am going to show you here is not a hand made noodles recipe because for a family of 4 or 5 person, it is not really worth the effort to make your own hand made noodle unless you are making a bigger quantity. There are quite some brands of hand made noodle which you can pick up from the super-market and it taste as good.
Ingredients
3 serves of hand made nooldles in packet
300 g minced pork
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 tsp fermented soy bean paste
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tsp sugar
300 ml water
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
3 tbsp of pork lard
3 tsp of Thai fish sauce
3 tbsp ikan bilis (anchovies)-deep-fried till crispy
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
Chopped spring onions for garnish
Method
Heat oil and saute chopped ginger and garlic to fragrant. Add fermented soy bean paste and sugar, mix well then add mince pork, dark soy sauce and continue to Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add water and seasoning to the dish and bring to a light boil. Dish up and set aside.

Boil 3 serves of noodles in boiling water for about 3 minutes or until noodles soften. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl, add pork lard, fish sauce, light soy sauce, mix well and split into 3 serves in separate bowls. Spread minced pork and ikan bilis into each bowl and garnish with chopped spring onion. Served hot.

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