Prawn Noodle Soup with Porkribs (排骨虾面汤）

Was asking Mr Love how he wants the prawns I brought for CNY to be cooked and he suggested prawn noodles.

So Prawn noodles it is.

Here my version :

Ingredients

12 Tiger prawns (deshell and devein)
350g of pork ribs
2 small packets of egg noodles
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon of olive oil
3 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
3 tablespoon of light soy sauce
5pieces of rock sugar
2.5litres of water
30g ikan bills (dried anchovies)
Black pepper

My deshell, devein tiger prawns

Save the prawn heads and shells from the tiger prawns. Additionally, I used the heads and shells of another 12 small grey prawns (but I freeze the prawn for next cooking). These are for cooking the broth.

Prawn heads and shells for the broth

 Cooking methods:

Heat up the pan with 1 tablespoon of Olive oil, add in garlic slices and fry till fragrant. Then add in the heads and shells and stir fry till the head and shells turn into a deep shade of red. Add in the rock sugar in between frying. We added in a bit of grind black pepper to stir fry.

Frying prawn shells and heads

Blanched the pork ribs and place it under running cold water to wash away the blood clots and dirt.

Blanched pork ribs

Bring to boil the water with the fried prawn heads and shells, blanched pork ribs and ikan bills. Lower and the heat and allow it to simmer for 3hours. In between, I skim off the floating form occasionally.

When ready to serve :

Bring a pot of water to boil, cook the egg noodles for 3 minutes and drain off the water. Place the noodles under cold running water. Divide the noodles to desirable portions into bowls.

Remove the prawn heads, shells, ikan bills and pork ribs from the broth. Set aside the pork ribs for serving later.

Turn up the heat to boil the broth and add in the dark soy sauce and light soy sauce to taste.

 Add in the tiger prawns to cook for 3mins. Set aside the prawns for serving later.

Add the broth to the noodles and add in the pork ribs and prawns for serving.

End product

Verdict:

The broth was thick and good and because I went easy on the the soy sauces, Mr Love commented that it was not salty. Pork ribs was over cooked or rather the pork was over cooked. And we forgot to buy lean mean to add in.

Overall, it was consider a success. But don't think we will be cooking on regular basis as this is a sinful dish and is high in cholesterol.