Claypot Egg Noodle

~ Claypot Egg Noodle ~

Hmmm... this claypot egg noodle is my very own recipe, never copy from anywhere :P I have tried claypot egg noodle at quite a number of places but found them not delicious, either the noodles are cooked or the soup is tasteless. So, I have decided to come up with my own recipe :)

In this recipe, I used a variety of fishballs & crabstick for a quick do, if you prefer seafood then you may replace the fishballs with seafood of your choice. However, seafood needs a lot of cleaning, hehe I will only do it when I have more time. If you fancy pork, you may use pork slices, minced pork & pork balls instead of fishballs & crabstick. I don't like pork, so forget it.

Ingredients:

Serves 5

(A)
- 1 cup of anchovies, washed
- 3500 ml water
- 3 tablespoons oil
- salt to taste
(B)
- 5 egg noodles
- 10 fishballs
- 10 vege fishballs
- 10 crabsticks
- 1 iceberg lettuce, cut into bite size
- 5 eggs (optional)

Directions:

1. To make the broth, use the ingredients in (A). Heat the oil in a large cooking pot over medium heat, put in the anchovies & stir until it fragrant and turn golden brown. Pour in the water & bring to boil for 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes or until the broth becomes slightly whitish in colour. Put in salt to taste. Turn off the flame & set aside. Remove the the anchovies from the broth.

~ The soup ~

2. To cook the noodle (for 1 person), ladle about 600 ml of the soup into a claypot & bring to boil over medium heat.

3. Once it starts to boil, add in the fishballs & vege fishballs, 2 each. Then, add in 1 egg noodle, cook for 30 seconds & turn the noodle to the other side to cook. Add in 2 crabsticks & some lettuce.

4. Turn the heat to low & add in the egg. If you want the whole egg to be cooked, wait for 10 seconds and turn off the flame. If you prefer to smashed up the egg to mix with the noodle & soup, turn off the flame immediately after you add the egg.

5. Serve with some fried garlic oil (is a MUST, it will make the noodle taste better).

6. Repeat step 2 to 5 to cook for the next person.