Pan Mee (Board Noodles 板面 )

Pan Mee literally means "Board Noodles" in Chinese. Today I decided to make Pan Mee using my pasta machine which has been sitting in my cupboard - its existence almost forgotten.  Since I had this machine for 12 years, it had only been used a total of 4 times!  Talking about underutilised.

Ingredients:  (Serves 5)

500g high protein/bread flour

230ml water

1 tsp salt

1 egg

• Using a stand mixer, combine flour, salt, water and egg together with a dough hook.  Knead until dough is smooth. 
• Cover the dough and rest for 1 hour. 
• Knead for a few minutes before dividing the dough into 5 equal portions and flatten the dough with your palm. 
• Feed each portion of dough which has been coated with flour through the pasta machine a few times. Then using the pasta cutter attachment, cut the dough sheet into the desired thickness.  
• Bring a pot of water to the boil.  Add in a little oil and salt.  Drop a serve of noodles into the boiling water.  Noodles are cooked when they float.  With a slotted spatula, remove the noodles and transfer them into a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process.  Drain the noodles and set aside. 

Soup:  (Cook for about 2 hours)
4 litres water
2 chicken carcass
1kg (pork) soup bones
a knob of ginger
salt and pepper to taste

Toppings:
300g minced pork, marinate with some corn flour, pepper, sesame oil and soy sauce
2 pieces of wood ear fungus, soaked and shredded
5 dried shiitake mushroom, soaked and shredded
5 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
pepper
salt
sugar
1 small bowl of anchovies (ikan bilis)

Garnishing:
Coriander leaves
Green mustard (Choy Sum), blanched

• Heat some oil in a saucepan, stir fry anchovies until crispy. Transfer onto a bowl and set aside.
• Add more oil and sauté the garlic until aromatic.  
• Add in minced meat and stir fry for about 5 minutes.  Then put in mushroom and wood ear fungus. Add in dark and light soy sauce.  Season with salt, sugar and pepper.  Cook for another 5 minutes or until cooked.

To assemble:

• Placed a serve of cooked noodles in a bowl.  Ladle some hot soup over it and top with the blanched vegetable, meat topping and fried anchovies.  Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Served with chilli oil.