My Ang Chiew Mee Sua..aka..Red Wine Noodles....!

The handmade mee sua.......white noodles....from Ayer Tawar.

The bottle of red wine .............made by my mum.

The delicious bowl of 'ang chiew mee sua'......................

For the Chinese hokkiens and hock chiews....a bowl of mee sua cooked with red wine or 'ang chiew' is a must for birthdays....i will blog about the making of the mee sua and the red wine in my later post...but for now i will share with my readers how i cook my 'ang chiew mee sua'........specially for Lena.

Ingredients:

8 -10 slices of old ginger

2 tbsp sesame oil

1 cup chinese red wine (ang chiew)

1 free range chicken- cut into bite size pieces

5 -6 bowls water

salt to taste

Method for soup:

1. Fry the ginger slices in sesame oil til very fragrant.

2. Add in the chicken to fry til half cook (about 2 to 3 mins).

3. Pour in 1/4 cup of the red wine and stir-fry til dry.(a little at a time)

4. Add in 1 tsp salt to fry and pour in another 1/4 cup of redwine..cook covered for about 5 mins.
5. Then add in water and the rest of the red wine to simmer in low heat for about 20 mins.

Cook til chicken is tender.

Pour in red wine........................

The bowl of red wine soup.......................

For cooking the mee sua:

Boiled a big pot of water. When water boils ....put in the mee sua and stir the mee sua with a chopstick til cook...about 1 min. Then take out mee sua and put in a bowl. Pour red wine soup over mee sua when ready to serve only...because the mee sua will double in size or' bloated 'when soup is pour in.

The Hock Chiews cook this red wine noodles for the mothers after they give birth...... almost every meal they have to eat this during their confinement .....it is said to be nutritious!