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Mum’s Simple Egg Mee Suah Soup
Update (19 Aug 2014): First posted in Jun 2009, now updated with new photos and improved recipe.
Living nearby my mum definitely has its perks. This recipe was a result of sneaking over to her place during lunch time. This simple homely dish was something I took for granted in the past and now miss terribly (she stopped cooking for several years and only resumed last year). My mum used to whip up this simple one-dish meal of egg mee sua soup (鸡蛋面线汤) when I was in the pm session in secondary school. She cooked this whenever the kitchen is low in fresh food supplies, and/or when she need to cook in a jiffy.
See Also:
- Ingredient Spotlight: Mee Sua (Flour vermicelli)
- Recipe: Birthday Mee Sua (Longevity Noodles)
- Recipe: Red Glutinous Wine Mee Sua
The basic ingredients are just mee sua (seasoned with sesame oil) and egg. For the soup, it is just plain water and soy sauce. Since I have not eaten this for a long time, my mum insisted to add the pork shabu-shabu and pacific clams as a sumptuous treat for me. But trust me, the basic egg and mee sua bowl is what I grew up on, and that is delicious too!
STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOS
Even though this recipe is simple, my mum is very skilled in cooking the egg. Take care not to cook the egg too dry. Check out these step-by-step photos for cooking the egg:
Season beaten eggs with light soy sauce. Heat wok pan with oil, add egg mixture (swirl wok to cover entire surface).
When add is semi-set, use a spatula to scramble the eggs and cut them to large chunks.
Cook the egg until they are just set and still moist.
Add water and season the soup to taste with light soy sauce. Ladle the hot soup over cooked mee sua.
You can also add ‘liao’ such as shabu shabu pork and pacific clams for a more sumptuous bowl – but trust me, even the basic egg mee sua is deliciousssss!
yummmyy!!! this soup sound diliceous :) :D
I love quick ‘pantry’ soups! I just need to find those noodles – and a good Asian market….
I like mee suah noodles for easy preparation and simple dishes. We like it just boiled with some soup and it is all good :).
hmm i dont think my first comment went through, so let me try again! i wanted to say how i think your photography is awesome. i haven’t visited many blogs that impressed me as much as yours! great job! you obviously do not sound like a noobie to me!!
Thank you for your kind words, I’m blushing. You have a very nice food blog yourself. :halo:
Sounds like comfort food when there is no time to whip up anything more difficult than that.
This is also a favorite in our Filipino household, something I haven’t had in a really long time. The texture of the noodles is lovely.
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I am hock chew, mee suah is my food for life. Especially the chicken wine mee suah soup. Can’t have enough of it.
I love mee suah. I will normally cooked mee suah by adding slice lean pork, fish cakes, fried eggs with the soup boiled with chicken breast meat. Can eat it every
day.
Wow…. simple comfort food… thanks for sharing..
Btw, where can i buy dried spring onion? I am thinking of stocking up as unused fresh spring onion often wasted (and forgotten) in fridge… Thanks :)