The Original Hakka Noodles (腌面)

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  • Yanmian, Hakka Noodles! A classic from Meizhou, this dish spread throughout Asia to become a worldwide phenomenon.
    0:00 - What are Hakka Noodles?
    0:43 - Who are the Hakka?
    1:34 - Where did Hakka Noodles come from?
    2:55 - Making the Fundamental Components
    5:51 - Making the Noodles
    6:45 - Making the Soup
    9:31 - How to Use that Garlic Oil?
    SEASONED FISH SAUCE FOR YANMIAN
    Makes enough for ~6 bowls. Scale up or down accordingly.
    * Lard, 2 tbsp
    * Fish sauce (鱼露), 3 tbsp
    * Water, 3 tbsp
    * Salt, 3/4 tsp
    * Sugar, 3/4 tsp
    * MSG (味精), 1/2 tsp
    Over a medium high flame, heat up the lard, then go in with the fish sauce and the water. Add the salt and sugar, allow to come up to a rapid boil. Boil for ~90 seconds. Finish with the MSG.
    YANMIAN
    * Dried alkaline noodles (碱水面), 60g
    * Lard, 1 tbsp
    * Seasoned fish sauce from above, 1 tbsp
    * Sliced scallions, to your liking (~1 scallion, ~1/2 tbsp)
    * Deep fried garlic, 1 tbsp
    Boil the noodles according to your package, move to a plate. Add the lard and the seasoned fish sauce and mix well. Top with the scallions and the deep fried garlic.
    PEPPERY PORK STOCK
    * Water, 2L
    * Pork bones, 500mL
    * Ginger, ~1 inch, smashed
    * White pepper (白胡椒), 1 tsp, cracked
    Add the pork bones to cool water, and bring it all up to a boil. As it begins to simmer/come up to a boil, this is a good time to skim. Once it's at a boil, add in the ginger and the cracked white pepper. Cover, and turn your flame down to the lowest heat your stove will go.
    Simmer for at least five hours, and up to ten.
    SIDE SOUP FOR YANMIAN
    * Peppery stock from above, 300mL
    * Pork loin (里脊肉/外脊肉), 50g, sliced into sheets
    * Marinade for the pork:
    Salt, 1/8 tsp
    Sugar, 1/8 tsp
    White pepper powder, 1/8 tsp
    Cornstarch, 1 tbsp
    Water, 3 tbsp
    Oil, 1 tsp
    * Pork liver (猪肝), 50g, sliced into sheets
    * Marinade for the pork liver:
    Salt, 1/8 tsp
    Sugar, 1/8 tsp
    White pepper powder, 1/8 tsp
    Cornstarch, 1/2 tsp
    Water, 1 tbsp
    Oil, 1 tsp
    * Pork meatballs, optional, 50g
    * Spinach or goji berry leaves or your tender vegetable of choice, 30g
    * Seasoning for the soup:
    Salt, 1/4 tsp
    MSG, 1/8 tsp
    Chicken bouillon powder (鸡粉), optional, 1/8 tsp
    White pepper powder, optional, 1/8 tsp
    Slice the pork and liver into sheets, and mix each with their respective marinades. If using spinach, slice the spinach into ~thirds.
    Bring the stock up to a boil, then add in the "seasoning for the soup". Add in the pork meatballs and the marinated pork. Once the pork has changed color, ~30-45 seconds, add in the marinated liver. Cook for ~20 seconds, then add in the spinach/vegetable of choice. Quick mix, heat off.
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  • @ChineseCookingDemystified
    @ChineseCookingDemystified  ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Hey guys, a few notes:
    1. First comes to first, a recipe for fresh alkaline noodles. We went over this in our Sichuan/Taiwan-ish beef noodle soup video, so you can check it out in video form if you like (th-cam.com/video/AwEEoQzaIAg/w-d-xo.html ) but… first mix 200g of AP Flour with a half teaspoon salt and sodium carbonate (i.e. 碱面, but Kan Sui would also be ok). Drizzle in 90g of water bit by bit, then press it all into a ball. Rest for 30, then knead for ~8 minutes and rest for another 30. Pass through a pasta maker twice at the widest setting, twice at the second widest setting, and twice at the third widest setting… folding the dough in half after each pass. Cut into noodles.
    2. As an aside, while it was a little difficult to get a nice thumbnail for, that Sichuan beef noodle soup recipe is one of the maximally-delicious things we’ve done on the channel. Fun video too. Definitely check it out if you haven’t yet.
    3. While I was writing out the written recipe in the description, I realized that there might’ve been a sort of… fundamental absurdity… in this video ending up over ten minutes long lol. Like, we also could’ve easily sorted the whole thing in shorts form - “60g dried noodles, boiled, then mix with a tablespoon each lard, seasoned fish sauce, deep fried garlic, and a bit of scallion. So good.” I… apologize for my gassiness.
    4. Astute observers might notice that the noodles in Meizhou looked a bit visually different to our noodles - at the shop, they have a sort of ‘curl’ to them. The noodle vendors at the market in Meizhou will carry both those ‘curled’ noodles as well as the fresh alkaline noodles that 5:55. While both are tasty, the former are cheaper - if I had to guess, they likely have something in them to help them keep longer?
    5. Regarding Hakka noodles around the world, I know we might’ve been a bit bold to include Kuyteav Phenm Penh in with all the rest. According to, like, actual Cambodians, it’s generally considered a Teochew dish. That said, the dish features all the hallmarks of Yanmian, and in my - admittedly quite ignorant - opinion, I think it might be likely that the ‘Kuyteav’ is more of a linguistic connection to Teochew than a culinary one (after all, in Thailand at least, *all* sorts of noodle dishes are labeled by the Teochew-derived word ‘Guidiao’, i.e. Kway Teow).
    6. I’m a bit more confident in the Sigyet Khauk Swe, as we showed our Myanmar friend a picture of Yanmian and she quickly retorted that “oh yeah, those’re totally the same thing”. As an aside, if you’re curious about Myanmar cuisine, definitely check out her Instagram - she does pop-ups around the world and the like: instagram.com/_ladygoogoo_/
    7. Regarding what might be the *most* famous “Hakka Noodles” in the world, the Indian style… I’ve read a few articles on the subject, but I’m not 100% sure what the story is there. It seems to be from Calcutta originally, but obviously they’re a much more radical departure from Meizhou than the various Southeast Asian or even Mauritian variants. I’d guess that it was derived from one of the forms of Kolo Mee in Malaysia, and adjusted for Indian tastes? Not sure. The Hakkas in India are certainly an interesting story, but trying to find solid information there feels a little bit like chasing ghosts. It feels like there’s been a lot of history lost there, but then again, I’m only searching in English - perhaps there’s better information out there in Hindi?
    That’s all I can think of for now. Might edit a few more notes in a bit :)

    • @cawsking555
      @cawsking555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we can cheet it if we use butter or lard if you can find it and Worcestershire and if you can get it squid thai sauce .

    • @mayurmahale3049
      @mayurmahale3049 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You might have better luck searching for information in Bengali. Bengal is fiercely proud of their language, and were more so the the years prior, so a lot of this information might be locked out in Bengali Vs Hindi, where Hindi is looked on as more of a imposed language.
      Edit: Indian Chinese food is so far removed from it's supposed source that it would be interesting to see what y'all think about it.

    • @vampiric4real
      @vampiric4real ปีที่แล้ว

      i veganise all my dishes so would love to see you do one like me

    • @jeffwong2002
      @jeffwong2002 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi - do you have any suggestions to those of us who cant eat pork products?

    • @HemantKumar-xn8mn
      @HemantKumar-xn8mn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mayurmahale3049 what do you even mean by imposed language? The majority of the Indian population speaks hindi and not because of some kind of imposition.

  • @madxpo
    @madxpo ปีที่แล้ว +180

    As a person from Sarawak, Borneo, I am very happy to see one of my favourite cooking channels to mention mee kolo (although it should be kolo mee 干捞面 / 哥羅麵 ) . The difference with hakka mee (in this video) is the use of deep fried shallot and it's oil (with lard of course)

    • @ChineseCookingDemystified
      @ChineseCookingDemystified  ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Thanks for the correction! I blame English language Wikipedia, they have it listed as "Mee Kolo" ;)
      Would have loved to be able to swing over to Sarawak, Pontianak, and Bangka to be able to *really* properly tell the story of this dish... but hey

    • @diamdante
      @diamdante ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@ChineseCookingDemystified Sarawak people call it "kolo mee" as they follow the original name, directly transliterated from hakka itself. "Mee kolo" comes from trying to adapt it to malay grammar, as in malay the modifier should after the noun, not before. Sometimes people on the peninsula use that flipped version as it's technically more "proper" in terms of grammar, but Sarawak people stick to the original

    • @aka-bo6ej
      @aka-bo6ej ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@diamdante I thought "mee" for noodles only makes sense in Hokkien or Teochew, and it seems that Sarawak Hakka people use this pronunciation too?

    • @shahesfelazi8549
      @shahesfelazi8549 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Malaysians also use the name mee kolok the halal version is very delicious as well.

    • @shahesfelazi8549
      @shahesfelazi8549 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/Rg-xT-58GTk/w-d-xo.html

  • @temp_name_change_later
    @temp_name_change_later ปีที่แล้ว +132

    This actually reminds me of pasta aglio e olio. Both have fried garlic and are topped with fresh herbs (parsley for the pasta and scallions for these noodles), and then the pasta has olive oil instead of lard and parmesan provides kind of the same umami funk as fish sauce. So I guess to answer your question from the beginning Italy is the one other cuisine that's thought of a similar combination lol

    • @clepirelli
      @clepirelli ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Exactly my thought, really fun to see two completely different cultures come up with the same flavour combination

    • @hmhbanal
      @hmhbanal ปีที่แล้ว +21

      There’s also an Italian pasta cuisine “pasta con colatura di alici” or pasta with fish (anchovies) sauce.

    • @ChineseCookingDemystified
      @ChineseCookingDemystified  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@hmhbanal I'm curious, I've never had Colatura di alici... is it basically the same thing as Southeast Asian fish sauce? The processes seem quite similar but I don't know enough about fish sauce production to make any sort of conclusions :)

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ChineseCookingDemystified Just visited Cetara by the Amalfi Coast this summer. Yes, colatura (drippings) di (of) alici (anchovies) pretty much fish sauce but made with anchovies. It's practically the same but cleaner in taste...? Certa in HK sells it online. Pricey though, as it's a fancy luxury product. I guess garum/ fish sauce fell out of favour in Italy after Rome fell, so only southern Italy uses it in their cooking now. I'd say it was pretty ubiquitous along the Amalfi Coast.
      Yeah pasta con colatura di alici is practically the Italian version of Hakka noodles!

    • @reddixiecrat
      @reddixiecrat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChineseCookingDemystified I would say Colatura di alici is most similar to Red Boat fish sauce. It originates all the way back to Roman garum.

  • @w-2886
    @w-2886 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’m part of the Hakka diaspora and I’ve never even heard of these noodles. It was really interesting to find out that this dish influenced many other dry noodles… kolo mee and wan tan mee are among my favourites, so I definitely have to try this!!! As a matter of fact I just had kolo mee for breakfast today 😋 Thank you so much for all your informative videos!

    • @ahdorbfidks
      @ahdorbfidks ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this made me smile

  • @CandiceLemonSharks
    @CandiceLemonSharks ปีที่แล้ว +53

    If people can't get lard or pork because they're in a strictly kosher or halal area, duck fat and chicken fat are both becoming more readily available commercially. Rendered beef or sheep fat might also do the trick with the addition of a beefy or sleepy flavor. (I'd actually say duck fat is the closest to lard in taste profile.)
    Also, that garlic oil (or onion oil made the same way) is generally regarded as ok in a low fodmap diet, since it's the water soluble bits that are stomach upsetting, and those bits are destroyed in the frying process.

    • @thatflippinguy
      @thatflippinguy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! My husband is autistic and can't handle lard, but he *does* like chicken and when I tried this with chicken fat & bits of chicken instead of pork he loved it. I appreciate you sharing alternative thoughts!

    • @evan8463
      @evan8463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I suspect this counts for the majority of the "no lard" votes lol.

  • @raihanadam171
    @raihanadam171 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    In Indonesia, Specifically Bandung, this is also called Yamin. To be more specific Yamin Asin (Salty yanmien). It is served almost identical with the OG yanmien. Salty oiled-noodle served with the soup that consists of meat, meatballs, some other offal cuts, and green veggies. Sometimes they add kecap manis to the noodle (sweet soy sauce, specifically kecap anggur brand) to make yamin manis (sweet yanmien). But instead of adding the fried garlic, they commonly use minced chicken/pork and add the garlic infused chicken oil/lard to the noodle mix. It's really cool how the Hakka people brought their home dishes all over southeast asia and brought some local touch to it. Always love it when you know the history of the food you're eating and where it originated. For the love of noodles all kinds and shapes!

    • @jamon6768
      @jamon6768 ปีที่แล้ว

      In most sumatra area like North Sumatra and Riau at my Homeland its called as Mie pangsit or wantaa mee ( derived from wonton mien) . It's also served like this plus charshu pork and wonton soup ( they do with chicken if you want so halal mode btw) , they use different regional brand soy sauce which is far more delicious than the national brand one.

    • @AntoniusTyas
      @AntoniusTyas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fellow Bandung-ese here. Plenty of good yamin stall here, and you can either go pork or no pork, you will always bound to find something good. Mie Baso Banda is definitely my go-to for chicken yamien since I was 4 (30 now). If I want pork stuffs I can always order Bakmi Aloi or Mie Rica. In short, if any of you want to visit Bandung and craving for some noodle dishes, you will not be disappointed.

  • @ofravensandashes
    @ofravensandashes ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Love seeing you guys cover more Hakka dishes! My dad's side is Hakka (we're Chinese Jamaican) and a lot of dishes were lost through my great-grandmother so I appreciate seeing more recipes.

    • @Athrunwong
      @Athrunwong ปีที่แล้ว

      What…the…f….there’s Chinese in Jamaica…?!?!

    • @Aname550
      @Aname550 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Athrunwong a surprising amount, actually

    • @satoshiketchump
      @satoshiketchump ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Athrunwong it's literally mentioned in the video

    • @celianeher7637
      @celianeher7637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Athrunwong Yes we do have quite amout of Chinese and tvey have influenced our culture. The thing is Chinese in Jamaica just say they are Jamaicans, they only mention it in such cases when in relation to something as thus video. Motto of Jamaica is " Out of many , one nation ".

  • @brennan_
    @brennan_ ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Here in Toronto, Hakka restaurants are pretty common. As I understand it, the food is actually usually Indian-Chinese, developed in South Asia and when Hakka folks migrated here, they brought that style with them. Fascinating to see all these different diasporic food developments!!

    • @_irietek_
      @_irietek_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      Slight correction - Hakka INDIAN restaurants are common in Toronto. :)
      Seems like such a nit picky update, but it actually means a lot to indicate what type of Hakka because the food is very different. It also helps remove the confusion because soooooooooo many people in Toronto think "Hakka" means Chinese Indian. When I tell people I am Hakka I have to go thru a whole educational session on how I am not Indian and what a Hakka is.

  • @dogmoonabbey9096
    @dogmoonabbey9096 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Looks super! Lard is good as a flavorful oil with great mouth feel. I also use bacon grease and, my favorite, tallow. Tallow and fried garlic is outrageously good!

  • @lizzykayOT7
    @lizzykayOT7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from Trinidad and we have a fairly large Chinese population. Most smaller restaurants go with Westernized Cantonese Dishes, but Hakka chains are getting more popular as the population grows.

  • @DingDongDangDengDung
    @DingDongDangDengDung ปีที่แล้ว +26

    If you're ever in Selangor, Malaysia, definitely go for the Sarawak Kolo Mee in the morning at Restoran Gembira in Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya; the noodles are satisfyingly chewy, and I chase it with pickled green chili to pair with the savoury flavors. The kopitiam itself has an amazing selection of other food vendors like economy rice and fried rice, it's the first place I would head to when I visit home.

  • @supergeek1418
    @supergeek1418 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not sure if the Italians did it first, but pasta with fried garlic, and some of the olive oil that it was fried in, plus spinach and seasoning is a *VERY* common Italian dish.

  • @siohead9021
    @siohead9021 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way my head whipped round when I heard si chet khao swe! That actually makes so much sense but it's also so cool to have burmese food mentioned every now and then :)

  • @Lee-in-oz
    @Lee-in-oz ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of things I love about your Chanel is the history behind the dishes.
    It's just not a case of this is what we are cooking.
    Have you found anything you WONT eat Chris? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Emma-sg7yc
    @Emma-sg7yc ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had these noodles in Meizhou in 2019, and have been trying to recreate them ever since! They're so good! I'll try your recipe next.

  • @penguinpingu3807
    @penguinpingu3807 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The soup is so similar to a dish in Sabah called Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉面). The noodles are usually Oil noodles, Flat rice noodles or Vermicelli Noodles. You can eat noodles dry (usually drizzle in some kind of soy sauce base sweet sauce most likely is kicap manis) soup is on the separate bowl or in the soup. But I am not sure if it's related to 腌面 but the soup is sure similar. Expect the white pepper for the broth, but you can add it when they served it to you and for the veg it's usually choy sum (the taller kind).
    Note, the meat is cooked even though the name says otherwise.

    • @CjxJamie
      @CjxJamie ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I always wonder what the Sang Nyuk means. It's definitely not raw so why call it Sang Nyuk?

  • @astrangerwhostaysforawhile987
    @astrangerwhostaysforawhile987 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kolok mee is my go-to favourite choice for breakfast! In comparison to the Hakka noodles shown, we use fried shallots, using lard as the oil, instead of garlic, and often accompanied with the charsiu. There are couple versions here, namely the white, soy sauce and the red one (from the charsiu sauce). Very ridiculously addictive, though have to cut down consumption due to my health, sadly.
    There’s also kampua mee which is the Foochow version of it. Pretty similar and between the two the terms used interchangeably, which at times caused quite a stir on social media at times, but among it’s difference to kolok mee, is the broader flat noodles (pretty similar to the ones you used) is used, as opposed to smaller curly noodles of kolok mee. Also, there’s the flat noodles version of Teochew origin which we called mee pok.

  • @HyperactiveNeuron
    @HyperactiveNeuron ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this! I discovered fried minced garlic at Asian stores here a while back and got my mom hooked on it. The fried sliced shallots are a must buy too 😁

  • @gaber1346
    @gaber1346 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As a person who lives in the southwest US it’s crazy to me that other parts of the US don’t have lard easily available. Lard is such an important part of Mexican food and since Mexican culture is so intermixed with American here my family always had it on hand.
    P.S. we’ve always used snow cap brand lard super neutral flavor and widely available wherever I’ve shopped.

    • @marijkeschellenbach2680
      @marijkeschellenbach2680 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree wholeheartedly! Lard is easily available here in Yuma and I try to convince people that it is actually better for you than butter and it makes things taste soooo much better to boot. I can find it in bulk at the Mexican grocery store.

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable ปีที่แล้ว

      Because wypipo.
      & the FDA convinced North Americans that margarine is healthier than butter & lard was for poor people.

  • @Jumpoable
    @Jumpoable ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My paternal grandmother is Hakka, but she's never cooked anything Hakka (maybe just muichoy kauyuk, to some yeung tofu, but those dishes are pretty much within the basic Cantonese repertoire anyways today...
    Hakka cuisine is so fascinating in SE Asia, with a healthy dose of organic cultural intermingling & a natural evolution of traditional dishes. In Hong Kong, the onslaught of mainstream Cantonese cuisine forces similar regional cuisines like Hakka & Teochew to just become basic pastiches of the original dishes.
    Also tried "Hakka noodles" in Mumbai. LOL there was nothing remotely Hakka about it. Delicious though.
    Would love to know more about contemporary Hakka cuisine & how it's evolved in Hakka regions nowadays.

  • @marijkeschellenbach2680
    @marijkeschellenbach2680 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, I love watching your videos of some mighty fine dishes that I try to make as often as I can. Hakka noodles next!!!!

  • @diamdante
    @diamdante ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's nice to know more about the OG Yanmian. Kolo mee is one of my favourite foods and there's a place in Singapore that does a version that I particularly like, by way of China and then Malaysia

  • @jakedo4577
    @jakedo4577 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hakka cuisine is so under the radar these days, but thanks to you guys, I wish to learn more about this type of cuisine. Cause I would love to learn and cook some Hakka dishes.

  • @dimasakbar7668
    @dimasakbar7668 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That garlic over oiled noodle with sides of hearty and comforting soup take a local taste here with bakso (meatball) soup as sides.
    Aside from replacing the pork with beef shank and tripe, another variation were the use of chicken oil instead of lard, and the option on noodle, which range from normal variety of flour noodle, rice noodle (kway teow), and vermicelli.
    A rather famous old vendor which do that style here in Jakarta Chinatown namely "Bakso Akiaw"

    • @dimasakbar7668
      @dimasakbar7668 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scsherman207 i don't get what you are trying to say Sherman.
      Sure noodle exist everywhere, and everyone had garlic, but S.E.Asia were known to have sizeable Hakka community, so i dunno what you're trying to imply.

    • @dimasakbar7668
      @dimasakbar7668 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scsherman207 bro, argue with the channel for that, not me. They're the one making Hakka garlic oil noodle video. You're barking at the wrong tree.
      Other people were sharing their local takes on the noodle, and here you are being salty and try to argue with me for some reason.

  • @georgehelliar
    @georgehelliar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's an absolutely fantastic Chinese restaurant in (old) Cambridge called Hakka, because the guy is, well, Hakka. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's probably the best Chinese food I've ever had. If you're ever visiting, I'd 100% make sure to visit. The seafood is out of this world.

  • @jmchau66
    @jmchau66 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for another great video. Love to have more Chinese breakfast ideas. Please keep them coming.

  • @andrew9455
    @andrew9455 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came for the recipe, stayed for the history. You guys are just so awesome.

  • @evzone84
    @evzone84 ปีที่แล้ว

    So simple and looks SOOO good.

  • @aaronwhite1786
    @aaronwhite1786 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always love the world history and culinary history with these videos!

  • @ianscheid5032
    @ianscheid5032 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are amazing thank you

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah, the origin of bakmi and yamien. Never miss a good opportunity for a good bowl of bakmi here in Indonesia.

  • @4xdblack
    @4xdblack ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay yeah... you've convinced me. I've got to try this. Especially that soup!

  • @WokandKin
    @WokandKin ปีที่แล้ว

    Yep, this is exactly what I’d like to whip up when I’m craving some noodles but don’t want to prepare too much. Definitely a keeper! 👌

  • @zakorlando2462
    @zakorlando2462 ปีที่แล้ว

    This one looks good! Can't wait to try it! During the last few months of last year, I was enjoying your egg drop soup recipe almost daily. I was cutting calories at the time. I found that the soup was very filling for the portion I made. Cheers!

  • @geekbruin
    @geekbruin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oooh cooking the fish sauce is genius. Can’t wait to try this!

  • @tschoong3897
    @tschoong3897 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent!

  • @nainglinaung9660
    @nainglinaung9660 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As for Seejat Khao Sway (Burmese variant) , we mostly use garlic oil instead of lard.

  • @emiriebois2428
    @emiriebois2428 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best noodles ever ,so simple !

  • @humanperson9881
    @humanperson9881 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder if San Francisco garlic noodles are related to Hakka Noodles in some way. The SF noodles were created by Vietnamese immigrants, but the combination of, noodle + garlic + fishy umami, makes them interestingly close

    • @julioduan7130
      @julioduan7130 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In fact, a lot of the so-called Vietnamese immigrants in America are Chinese Vietnamese, which immigrated from South China to Vietnam some two hundred years ago. They brought their food culture to Vietnam and then USA.

  • @geneard639
    @geneard639 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew when I come here if I'm going to love the cooking or the puppy more. Usually it's a tie, like today

  • @ribbontoast
    @ribbontoast ปีที่แล้ว

    learned this recipe from another yt channel (martin's cuisine) a while back and it's been one of my go tos since it's so easy to make

  • @usuallychill
    @usuallychill ปีที่แล้ว

    loved the history lesson!

  • @justcookwithsha
    @justcookwithsha ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi my friend…I’m from Malaysia..thank for your sharing…my favourite ❤️

  • @sidneysoon2745
    @sidneysoon2745 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will try

  • @fendiefendie
    @fendiefendie ปีที่แล้ว

    Yasss Hakka Cuisine is the best! Thank you for the backstory of our people!

  • @leesagrrl
    @leesagrrl ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooooh, nice new Mic? Thanx so much, folks!!!

  • @sammygyupsal
    @sammygyupsal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's most interesting to me is how closely that noodle dish follows the components of ramen, or I suppose in this case mazemen dishes. Noodles, an aroma oil (lard), and a tare (fish sauce), and toppings (fried garlic). The basic framework is definitely there, interesting to see how this so many dishes can be distilled to these steps.

  • @jennifertan7079
    @jennifertan7079 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fried rice using lard is fantastic!! Fragrant and yummy 😋

  • @bluevozhak
    @bluevozhak ปีที่แล้ว

    Can confirm a thriving Chinese community in Trinidad and Tobago for hundreds of years and a local version of Chinese food that is out of this world delicious :)

    • @emiriebois2428
      @emiriebois2428 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would be know who it has involved in Trinidad compared to the one in Mauritius. As both chinese communities seem to come to the same region . Bol réservé , hakian , boulette and mine frite are the local version of this chinese cuisine. Yep they have french name because we speak french and creole

  • @7377H4
    @7377H4 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh you mentioned burmese fried garlic noodles!! always ate them in my childhood, delicious :O

  • @Isylon
    @Isylon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like a Chinese cultural analogue of the real pasta alfredo!
    Butter - Lard/Fish Sauce
    Parmigiano - Garlic
    Spaghetti - Noodles
    Easy and quick comfort food!

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, more like pasta con colatura di alici (anchovy sauce) from Southern Italy.

  • @act_sion
    @act_sion 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact " mine touni / mine tout nu " meaning in Mauritius french creole is naked noodles as compared to the mine frite / hakka fried noodles .

  • @cookingwithmimmo
    @cookingwithmimmo ปีที่แล้ว

    做得很好

  • @georgewbushcenterforintell147
    @georgewbushcenterforintell147 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can never watch a video for more than 2 min . I watched almost this whole video 📸📷

  • @patriciastaton6182
    @patriciastaton6182 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you ♥️

  • @linoluhan
    @linoluhan 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In brazilian cuisine we have Macarrão Alho e Óleo, our version of cooked spaghetti fried with minced garlic and parsley

  • @vitthorn5395
    @vitthorn5395 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was born and raised in the Hakkanese neighborhood in BKK. Not hard to find a Hakkanese restaurant, but good one is rare. I managed to find one in Outer Richmond in San Francisco, quite good!

  • @PrinceGastronome
    @PrinceGastronome ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you ever tackled dongbei food before? On my lone trip to China, I encountered this cuisine and fell in love.

  • @joerecoveryjoerecovery5781
    @joerecoveryjoerecovery5781 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you need an easy source of lard, buy a pork shoulder and make Kenji Lopez-Alt's sous vide or oven carnitas. The leftover lard has a lightly citrusy and floral flavor that is really nice.

  • @THE-X-Force
    @THE-X-Force ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG .. JUST GET TO IT ALREADY!

  • @j.b1353
    @j.b1353 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doña Ángela, referente culinario internacional :3

  • @Chubles1
    @Chubles1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being from Texas sourcing alkaline noodles outside of high quality (and expensive) ramen noodle packs or making them myself has been a headache for years, but I recently made a discovery that I had to share in case it applies to anyone else. Looking on the ingredients list of package noodles is how I figure if something has any alkalinity to it or if it's just wheat and water, and what I finally found a strange pattern of is that instead of listing an actual chemical name or even just "alkalizing agent" in the ingredients list, a decent number of noodles list "mineral salts"! This is hilarious, and I can only assume it's to appease to some "natural food" sensibility, but now I've been able to reliably source actual quality alkaline noodles even at my local western food market (shoutouts to HEB), so thank you chemistry 101 from 10 years ago and TH-cam cooking videos for helping me put those pieces together 😋

  • @10lauset
    @10lauset ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers.

  • @hungryhedgehog4201
    @hungryhedgehog4201 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the big cleaver being used to chope garlic

  • @hteekay
    @hteekay ปีที่แล้ว

    That Garlic oil taste like heaven when you put a little of it into noodle/rice noodle soup. Seriously you can't go back to having ordinary noodle soup after you have them

  • @PlebiasFate1609
    @PlebiasFate1609 ปีที่แล้ว

    im actually half cantonese ( guangdong ) and half hakka actually so yes of course hakka noodles is always a must when i see one and also im from malaysia too

  • @EvanC0912
    @EvanC0912 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg so this is the ancestor of my favourite dish "bakmi"

  • @Maplecook
    @Maplecook ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, YES!!!

  • @poodlescone9700
    @poodlescone9700 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys just opened up new possibilities by informing us there exists store bought fried garlic.

  • @taoiseachjager9643
    @taoiseachjager9643 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is some funky looking spinach. Looks almost like chinese celary, but with more leaf.

  • @Designguidetv
    @Designguidetv ปีที่แล้ว

    you had me at '5 hours later' i want to eat now!

  • @plznobarbarism
    @plznobarbarism ปีที่แล้ว

    i use garlic oil to fry old rice. i just make a thin flat layer of the rice and fry it (undisturbed) in the oil until it's crunchy

  • @leesagrrl
    @leesagrrl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your closing tune always sounds like a "Saturday Night Fever" song to me. Hehe...

  • @valerianmp
    @valerianmp ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, you got me craving for bakmi bangka in the midnight now 🤤

  • @sisokun6614
    @sisokun6614 ปีที่แล้ว

    @chinese cooking demystified Really wanna try that recipe :)) Had to do a double take when you introduced your garlic though. Garlic cloves here in Europe are... like a quarter the size of yours. So could you please include an weighted amount in Grams?

  • @elliottbronstein1214
    @elliottbronstein1214 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I live with and sometimes cook for vegans. Is there a vegan substitute for the lard? Can I use the garlic oil?

    • @bartvanderoordt510
      @bartvanderoordt510 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes or peanut oil it tastes diffrent but sure good

  • @spectralan0maly
    @spectralan0maly ปีที่แล้ว

    man this food looks so good... i almost wish i didnt keep kosher so i can try!

  • @lindseyeck2310
    @lindseyeck2310 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here in Texas the place to get lard is at the ubiquitous Mexican supermarkets, where they sell fresh lard in tubs. Cheaper and far better than the Anglo supermarket lard by Armour, which is full of chemicals.

  • @k4RtInk
    @k4RtInk ปีที่แล้ว

    Once I saw the offal I definetely knew I would be making this

  • @artispeedy
    @artispeedy ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this is that trick where the inosinate from the fish sauce is boosted by the MSG. Either way, it tastes amazing.

  • @evzone84
    @evzone84 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love to travel through China

  • @ReapTheWhirlwind
    @ReapTheWhirlwind ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a restaurant in my city that does their fried rice in lard and it is so good. 😭

  • @arthas640
    @arthas640 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how halfway around the world the Italians have a similar dish called "spaghetti a aiolio". Main difference is they don't fry the garlic until it's crispy (usually)

  • @metatwo
    @metatwo ปีที่แล้ว

    My grandpa use to sell his Hakka style noodles last time 😌

  • @puggirl415
    @puggirl415 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love cooking with Epic pasture raised lard. They had it on sale at a local store for 1.99 per 16oz jar. I bought a case. Wish I'd bought 2. How long will the fried garlic last?

  • @nathant2309
    @nathant2309 ปีที่แล้ว

    Double forbidden San Francisco treat

  • @commenter4898
    @commenter4898 ปีที่แล้ว

    SeriousEats has a good recipe for making fried garlic using the microwave. It's less likely to burn and more energy efficient than gas stove.

  • @Banzybanz
    @Banzybanz ปีที่แล้ว

    The Hakka people introduced a localised version of their cuisine to Calcutta, India. Today Indo-Chinese is by far the most popular "foreign" cuisine in the country.

  • @sriinprc4744
    @sriinprc4744 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got distracted 😂😂.
    Where can I get the unique lard camping jar like the one in the video?

  • @Earthling3996
    @Earthling3996 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doggy's eyebrows are getting super bushy. 😄💕

  • @ingreedzz5204
    @ingreedzz5204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fried garlic with pork fat is a great combination

  • @nathanboeger978
    @nathanboeger978 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where on earth did you get a square pan? I have never seen that. Wild....

  • @samscatsandcrochet
    @samscatsandcrochet ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you say goji leaves for the soup? I live in the US, but just planted goji.

  • @prathification
    @prathification ปีที่แล้ว

    About that fried garlic, you want to take it out just before you think it might be done, as the garlic will keep cooking as you let it cook and drain away the oil. This prevents an acrid burnt garlic taste

  • @NganPham-cu1mj
    @NganPham-cu1mj ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I just knew jour channel. Do you have Bak kwa - dry meat introduction?

  • @theflippingrin
    @theflippingrin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:27 is there any link for this old map

  • @anneepasek
    @anneepasek ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok, this is a weird comment I know, but as a climate change scholar I've been really happy to see you use that little electric (induction?) plate more in your cooking for the parts that don't require the power of the wok. Thanks, as always, for the fab recipes!

  • @1MrBryn
    @1MrBryn ปีที่แล้ว

    What are good non pork substitutes for lard?

  • @teac117
    @teac117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "to whatever's happening here" gave me a laugh :D

  • @saltqueer
    @saltqueer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YOU CAN EAT GOJI LEAVES??? omg my house has a goji bush, I'll definitely have to try that once they grow in this year