Chilli Pan Mee

Chilli Pan Mee is a modified version of a normal Pan Mee. However, this version is equally as yummy too! In an effort to finish up some of our ingredients at home, here's our take on a slight modification of this recipe...

Here goes...

Dried Chilli
The most important ingredient for this recipe I must say. Without it, this dish would be just an ordinary pan mee. Mince / Blend in a food processor some dried chilli, dried shrimps, fresh chilli, onion & garlic. My portion for these ingredients are 2 portions of dried shrimps, 1 portion of soaked dried chillis, 2 fresh chillis, an onion (a couple of shallots are fine too) and 3 cloves of garlic. If you want it more spicy, feel free to add a portion of dried chillis and perhaps reduce 1 portion of shrimps.

Starting with a high heat, fry the mixture with some oil. Once there's some fragrance, quickly turn to low heat and keep frying until mixture is dry or at least 30 minutes. This can be made in advance and you can eat this with other food too!

Ikan Billis (Anchovies)
Give a quick wash for the ikan billis and drain the water from a microwaveable plate. Glass or ceramic would be better than melamine plastic plate. Then placing it in a microwave, put in on a 3 minute timer to 'heat / cook' them up. Give a quick toss to even out the billis on the plate. Keep repeating this process until ALL the ikan billis are dry and crispy! Be patient as it may take a while, depending on the amount of ikan billis you place in the plate. This is another ingredient that you can do in advance!

Noodles
Ahhh... this is easy peasy! The ingredients for this is the same as my 'Ken Tiao Pan' post. Once the dough is ready, cut the dough into smaller chunks. Using a roling pin, flatten out the dough until it is really thin. Cover the dough sheet with lots of flour and lightly roll / coil up the dough as though you're rolling up a carpet.

Make sure it is not too tight. Then cut the dough sheet into thin slices and unravel each piece to get a strand of noodle! Well, if you have a pasta maker it would be WAY easier and faster to make them. ^_^

Meat Sauce
Dice up chicken meat and marinate with soy sauce and white pepper. Then in a pan with some hot oil, fry some diced onions until fragrant. Pour the diced chicken and its marinate into it and keep frying. Season with wine and oyster sauce. Add some water to let it simmer. As this will be sauce for the noodle, please season it saltier. Thicken the sauce with some corn flour mixed with some water but this is entirely optional.

Once all these ingredients are ready, you are ready to make your own chilli pan mee!

Cook some noodles in a boiling water. Remember to stir the noodles in order to separate them out. This is to make sure every strand is thoroughly cooked and not lump together. Once the noodles are cooked, take them out and place on a plate. Pour alittle bit of oil / sesame oil and give it a quick toss so that it doesn't stick together.

Now, Chilli Pan Mee is not complete without an egg, specifically poached egg. As this was my first time, I saw one of Jamie Oliver's show and he did this method. So I thought, try lah! Place cling film that is cut to a square shape in a bowl and beat an egg. Gather up the cling film starting from one corner until you reach the third corner. Twist the fourth corner until it looks like a string, then go around the gathered corners and tie it up. Place the egg in a pot of lightly simmer water (on a hob) for about 2 - 4 minutes, depending how firm you want to cook the egg yoke.

Once done, open the film and scrap the egg onto your noodle.

When your poached egg is ready, it's time to serve up! Tadaa!

Phews... The outcome of this dish was simply lovely! It just reminded us so much of the Super Kitchen or Kin Kin's version. Hence, we sort of concluded that it is very difficult to make but it does require alot of time and effort to make this dish... and manpower to fry those chillis! Hehehehehe... Nonetheless, we were very pleased with the outcome.

For this dish, there are a number of things that were my first time and I would like to note them here too... (Forgive me for 'extending' my post : P)

Dried Chili Paste
As I was frying this, the fragrant of the dried shrimps reminded me so much of those tiny spicy spring rolls that we get to eat during Chinese New Year. Perhaps with lesser chilli, we can try to make the tiny spring rolls? Mmm... thinking about it makes me excited already.

Poached Eggs
If one were to use the cling film method, remember to rub a thin layer of oil onto the cling film. Otherwise, egg would get stuck. Perhaps soft boiled egg method would be easier than this. Nonetheless, it is a new skill I've learnt and it was kinda fun although the eggs got stuck! : P

TheLoyalFan says: 'It's surprisingly easy to make! Just very tedious. The result was very satisfying... I love home made noodles!'

Yum yums indeed! But the thought to make it again sounds tiring... Nonetheless, it was great fun and now we'll appreciate those shops back in KL. Till then, keep nomming... and nomming away!