House Special Egg Noodle Soup / Mi Thap Cam
After a night of excessive drinking in my 20's, I woke up incredibly hungover. At that moment, for whatever reason, I was craving Bún Bò Huế, so I hit up my best friend and asked if he wanted to go to Hoàng Lan, which, in my opinion, has the best BBH in Seattle. Half an
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 quarts Water
- 2 lbs Pork Neck Bones
- 2 lbs Pork Butt
- ½ cup Dried Shrimp
- 1 piece Dried Squid
- 1 Yellow Onion
- 1 small Daikon
- 1 inch nub Rock Sugar
- 2 tbsp MSG
- 4 tbsp Fish Sauce
- 2 packages Egg Noodles
- 1 lb Pork Liver (Optional)
- 2 Whole Squid (Optional)
- 2 lb Shrimp
- 1 lb Ground Pork
- 2 cans Quail Eggs
- 1 bundle Chrysanthemum
- 1 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Fish Sauce
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- Garlic Chives
- Fried Pork Fat
- Fried Shallots
- Black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Broth:
- 2
Parboil pork neck bones and pork butt, then rinse and clean pork under cold water
- 3
To a clean stockpot, add six quarts of water and bring up to a boil; add cleaned pork, dried shrimp, dried squid, a whole yellow onion, and a small daikon
- 4
Bring up to a boil, skim off any impurities, and let that simmer for one hour
- 5
After an hour, remove the onion and daikon so that they don’t disintegrate into the broth and to help keep the broth clean. Then let that simmer for another hour, and remove pork neck bones and pork butt. Wrap pork butt in plastic wrap and then put into the fridge to cool down
- 6
Season broth with rock sugar, fish sauce, MSG, and salt to taste
- 7
Toppings:
- 8
Cut pork fat into quarter-inch pieces and fry in a dry pan until the fat has rendered and becomes golden brown. Salt immediately after and reserve some of the pork lard
- 9
We’ll add some pork lard and sauté garlic. Then add your cleaned and cut squid and shrimp in a pan and sauté. Season with fish sauce, sugar, and black pepper. Repeat this step for ground pork and canned quail eggs
- 10
Thinly slice pork butt when cool
- 11
Cut Chrysanthemum into 2-3 inch sections and garlic chives into 1-inch pieces
- 12
Serve:
- 13
Cook egg noodles to your desired doneness and assemble bowl by adding noodles, proteins, broth, and garnishes