Sarawak Kolo Mee With Palm Sugar Charsiew

I was looking for recipes to make homemade charsiew (barbequed pork) and found some
Due to limited time I had, I decided to choose the simplest one, from Lena
It's indeed simple to make, and yes it's true that I ate better charsiew, but this one is a delicious dish I really enjoy, too :)

 

 

Instead of pork belly, I used pork loin and I lightly pounded them and cooked a little longer to get soft texture

 

Here's the recipe...

 

What you need:

(adjusted to my preference)

 

1 tbsp oil

2 cloves of garlic

250g pork loin, lightly pound on both sides

 

Seasoning:

3 tbsp light soya sauce

40g palm sugar

400ml water

1. Heat up oil and stir fry garlic til fragrant, add in pork and stir well
2. Add seasoning, bring to boil. Lower the heat and cook til very thick (around 45 minutes) until there is around 3 tbsp of gravy left
3. Remove from heat and let cool. Cut to serve

 

I used the charsiew to cook kolo mee, a dish I and my family always enjoy - outside, since I never cook the dish at home

This month Malaysian Food Fest (MFF) is Sarawak, so I guess it's the good time to give this dish a try :)

 

 

 

 

As you see, it's far from the original dish I usually buy. Ah and I forgot to garnish with spring onion LOL

Taste wise, though similar, was not up to the expectation. My guess was the type of noodles I used - I used wanton noodle instead, since I couldn't find kolo noodle. Also I replaced lard with mixture of sesame oil and shallot oil

Nonetheless, the whole family enjoyed the dish :)

 

Original recipe is from HERE

 

What you need:

 

200g wanton noodle

100g minced pork

 

Garnish:

6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

6 tbsp of canola oil

spring onion, finely chopped

fried onion

some baby chye sim, blanched

barbecued pork, sliced

 

Seasonings:

3tsp fish sauce

1/3 tsp salt

1 tsp light soya sauce

5 tbsp lard

1/2 tbsp vinegar

1/3 tsp chicken stock powder

a couple of dashes of white pepper powder

 

Marinade (for minced pork):

2 tsp fish sauce

1 tsp light soya sauce

a couple of dashes of white pepper powder

1 tsp corn flour

 

Marinade minced pork for at least 1 hour

 

Bring a pot of water to boil. Cook noodles as per instruction. Run through cold water and drain. Set aside

Heat oil in a wok over medium high heat. Stir fry garlic til golden and crisp. Remove fried garlic, set aside

Using around 2 tbsp of the garlic oil, stir fry marinated minced pork til completely cooked

Sprinkle some water while stir frying to prevent burning. The minced pork should be just moist after cooking without gravy. Remove and set aside

In a large bowl, add all seasoning and stir well. Add noodles and stir til evenly coated by the seasoning

Arrange noodles on serving plate, add some cooked minced pork and garnish with barbecued pork, blanched chye sim, fried garlic, fried onion and spring onion

 

I added some homemade fried wanton, too - just like when we eat kolo mee outside

Recipe is from HERE

 

I definitely will cook this dish again - with lard, and hopefully I can find the real kolo noodle :)

 

I'm submitting this post to Malaysian Food Fest ( Sarawak Month ) hosted by Sharon of featsoffeasts