米粉汤（Rice Vermicelli Soup)

和妈妈通电话肯定会听她为了煮两餐而烦恼。
妈妈每天都会为了午餐和晚餐绞尽脑汁，把最好的呈现给孩子们。
如果是煮面食的话，她也会等一个回来，就煮一碗。
这样煮一碗，又一碗的，一个午餐往往是从12点煮到3点；因为孩子们回家吃饭的时间都不一样，真的是世上只有妈妈好。
很想念妈妈的米粉汤，所以就弄了来吃。
妈妈在准备米粉汤时，很喜欢也炒一点猪肉碎；
吃惯了妈妈的口味，觉得少了这个肉碎就好像欠了点味道。
所以我做米粉汤时也常常照着妈妈的做法，炒了香香的肉碎作拌料。
吃着吃着，就好像真的回家了，太好了！

Ingredients:

200g minced pork, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1tbsp dark soy, 1tbsp dark sweet sauce, pinch of white pepper, 1/2 tsp sesame oil, salt & sugar to taste, 1tbsp canola oil, 1tsp corn flour mix with 2tbsp water

Method:

1. Heat up your wok to a high heat, with the oil.  When hot, add your pork mince, breaking it up in the pan.  You want it to caramelise a bit and get some nice crispiness on there, so don’t move it  too much for a minute.
2. Add 1/4 cup of water, and seasoning. Simmer with low heat for few minutes. Mix 1tsp corn flour with 2tbsp water. Stir well and pour into pork. 
3. Quickly stir well to combine. Dish up and served.

Soup Base:

• 100g ikan bilis (anchovy), 2tbsp soy bean, washed and cleaned。
• 1.5 litre water, 500ml meat soup (i used the stock which i boiled my meat balls)。
• salt & fish sauce to taste.

Method:

1. Boil anchovy and soy beans in water for 45mins, discard anchovy n soy beans.
2. Add the meat soup into the anchovy n soy bean stock.
3. tasted with salt n fish sauce, set aside.

Others Ingredients:

• 1/2 packet of rice vermicelli (soak in water)
• 8 "flying saucers" (hee kiaw) or fish cakes
• 12 meat balls (prepared 1 day earlier and retain the water that cook the meat balls for stock purpose)
• 200g mince pork, marinated with light soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper and tapioca flour. Stir fried and add in some dark soy sauce, fried till well cook, set aside.
  For Garnishing:

• 8 shallots, finely sliced and fried till golden brown and crispy.
• Green vege such as bok choy - fried and set aside ( i din't put any as i don't have any greens in hands)

To cook a bowl per person:-

1. Pour a small bowl of soup base (around 350ml) and 3 meat balls and "flying saucer/fish cakes together with some rice vermicelli into a cooking pot.
2. Cook till rice vermicelli is well cook. off fire and serve in serving bowl.
3. Add in mince pork and green vegetables.
4. Garnish with fried shallots.
5. Serve hot with cut chillies.