Recipe For Tok Tok Mee (Wonton Noodle)

Recipe for 4 Servings

Seasoning

·         ½ teaspoon of oyster sauce

·         ½ teaspoon of dark soy sauce

·         1 teaspoon of light soy sauce

·         1 teaspoon of sesame oil

·         30ml of lard oil and crisps

·         500g of fresh wantan noodles

Toppings

·         200g of sliced barbecued pork

·         8 fried wantan dumplings

·         150g scalded and cut into 5cm lengths of Chinese flowering mustard (chai sim)

Soup

·         600ml of chicken stock

·         8 wantan dumplings

·         Salt and pepper

Pickled Chillies

·         3 fresh sliced green chillies

·         2 tablespoon of white vinegar

·         Pinch of salt

·         2 tablespoon of light soy sauce

Wantan Dumplings

·         150g of minced pork / chicken

·         50g of minced prawns

·         ¼ teaspoon of ground white pepper

·         1 teaspoon of salt

·         1 teaspoon of sesame oil

·         1 teaspoon of corn flour

·         1 egg

·         100g wantan wrappers

Steps To serve

Put in a tablespoon of seasoning with a teaspoon of lard (or shallot oil) in a mixing bowl. Toss in the cooked noodles. Place noodles on a serving plate and top with sliced barbequed pork, vegetables, freshly ground pepper, lard crisps and fried wantan dumplings. Serve with a small bowl of wantan soup and a small sauce dish of pickeld chilli in light soy sauce.

Preparation of Pickled Chillies

Mix the chillies, vinegar, salt and pickle for at least 2 hours or preferably overnight. Serve with light soy sauce.

How To Blanch Wantan Noodles

·         Using your hands, shake the noodle coil to loosen it.

·         Once water is boiled, and place noodles in a perforated ladle. Dip the ladle into the boiling water for about 30 seconds.

·         Remove and plunge into cold water for a few seconds and then drain it.

How To Prepare Wantan

Mix well all the ingredients except wrappers in a bowl. To wrap, place a teaspoonful of the filling mixture in the centre of the wrappers and gather up the edges to form a bundle.

How To Prepare Wantan Soup

Bring chicken broth to a boil; in another pot, bring water to a rapid boil and drop in the dumplings. Cook for 20-30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and put into the soup pot. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.


For recommendation of this dish in Penang; refer to

• Wantan Mee @ Gurney Plaza 
• Tok Tok Mee  

 

For other recipes; visit

• Recipe for Hokkien Mee