Mie Sop Medan

This is a very famous street food all over Indonesia and especially from Medan. I used to eat them quite often when I was a kid so its a sweet memory food. When I am not in Indonesia and miss the food, I can only prepared them in my kitchen and of cos its not as convenient as when you can just order from the street. Some effort is required especially getting all the spices when you are not in Asian but I can tell you its all worth it. Like me I failed to get the red and white tapioca cracker as shown below so I replaced with emping cracker.

For this dish you can always prepare the noodles right before serving time and everything else in advance. ♥

Serves: 4-6 pax

Ingredients

Grind the following into spice paste
4 cloves garlic
6  shallots
3  candlenuts
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tbsp sea salt
1 inch ginger

Spices for broth
2 star anise
5 cm length cinnamon stick
4 pieces cloves
1/2 nutmeg
2 whole cardamoms

Noodles
Egg Noodle or kwe tiau or yellow noodle or bee hoon or vermicelli (Choose one or mixture of two)

Other ingredients
2.5 L water for broth
800-1kg chicken leg-thighs (you can add more chicken bones to have deeper chicken taste)
chicken/beef meat balls
50 g Chinese celery (divide into two, chopped finely for condiments and the other half for broth)
2 green onions (same as above)
2  tomatoes (quartered)
few carrots (cut into small pieces)

Garnish
Sweet Soy Sauce (kecap manis)
Tomato Sauce
fried shallot flakes
red and white tapioca crackers (fried till fluffy)
slices of lime (optional)
sambal chilies (optional)

Directions

1. Ia a pan, place the spices for the broth and cook until fragrant, about 2-3 min.
2. Heat oil in a soup pot and fry the spice paste until fragrant, about 3-5 minutes.
3. Add water, tomatoes, and spices for the broth. Bring to a boil.
4. Add chicken  and carrots and bring to a boil. Cover the lid, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes until the chicken is tender and fully cooked.
5. Remove chicken from the soup, fry until golden brown, and tear the meat. Set aside.

Noodles

1. Boil the noodle of your choice according to the packaging. Drain and set aside. Toss with a little bit of cooking oil to prevent from sticking.

To serve

1. Place some noodles in a bowl, add chicken, meat balls and chopped celery and spring onions on top. Pour the boiling broth on top of the noodles. Add one tablespoon of sweet soy sauce and one teaspoon of tomato sauce. Sprinkle some shallot flakes and crackers. Serve with sambal chilli and lime wedges.