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Fuzhou noodle in thick broth

Fuzhou-Style Noodle in Thick Broth (福州淋面)

Posted on March 5, 2010December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰
My Wok Life Cooking Blog Fuzhou-Style Noodle in Thick Broth (福州淋面)

“Don’t mistaken, it’s not the common Lu Mian that I’ve cooked. This is my home ‘secret’ recipe of savoury Fuzhou Noodle Dish!”

I guess most of you heard or tasted Lu Mian (卤面) which commonly sold in many hawker stores and food courts in Singapore. Lu Mian (Noodle in braised sauce) is one of the Fujian (福建) cuisine, if I am not wrong. However, I am not going to introduce recipe of Lu Mian here, my recipe is more a traditional style of similar noodle dish, with its origins from Fuzhou (福州).

So, what’s the difference between Fujian and Fuzhou? I think Fujian is a Province of China, while Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province. What I am sure was both Fujian and Fuzhou dialect groups speak different dialects, they are not the same pronunciation at all! Most people in Singapore belong to Fujian dialect group instead of Fuzhou. So, Fuzhou cuisine might not be as familiar as Fujian cuisine, to us. And, my mum’s dialect group, happened to be actually.. Fuzhou. So, I get to learn some special dishes from her/ or grandma (smile).

This Fuzhou noodle dish does not named as Lu Mian, though. It has its own name even though the look and texture of broth were similar (but Fuzhou noodle dish has utterly different set of ingredients for broth and side ingredients used as compared to Lu Mian dish). It’s called 福州淋面 (Pronounced in Mandarin as: Fu Zhou Lin Mian), with its direct translation as Fuzhou poured noodle or ‘pouring on noodles’. I guess it was because this noodle is taken with the thick broth pouring on top, and hence, it’s named as it, in tens, hundreds or maybe thousands years back.

My Wok Life Cooking Blog Fuzhou-Style Noodle in Thick Broth (福州淋面)

I loved this classic noodle dish, for its subtly rich-bodied broth which creates smooth mouthfeel in the palate. The Fuzhou stuffed fish balls (fish ball stuffed with minced meat) I have added are unique and delicious, too. And, of course, cooking this Fuzhou noodles dish at home yields hearty atmosphere, also, warms the heart of our loved ones who get to appreciate the ‘long lost’ taste of such classic savory.

For more tender, and not soggy bites, remember to blanch and add noodles just before serving.

Ingredients
For thick broth:
1 large bowl of prawn shells and heads
1 whole chicken bone
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons of fish sauce
2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
4 tablespoons of plain flour or corn starch, mixed with water to make
into slurry
A pot of water, 50% filled (about 2500ml)

300 grams of cooked flat yellow noodles (also called Hokkien noodle), blanched
Side Ingredients:
1 pieces of chicken fillet, cooked and shredded (*May replace with deli-thin shoulderbutt pork slices)
200 grams of prawns, shelled and deveined, blanched
10 – 12 Fuzhou fish balls (stuffed fish ball), cooked
Handful of beansprout, trimmed and blanched
Handful of lettuce, shredded

Garnish:
Spring onion, julienned
Corriander, briefly chopped

Condiments:
Black vinegar (Optional)
Sambal belacan chilli paste

My Wok Life Cooking Blog Fuzhou-Style Noodle in Thick Broth (福州淋面)

Method
1) Bring a pot of water (in large deep pot) to a boil over high heat. While boiling, heat wok with oil. Add prawn shells and fry till pinked. Heat off and transfer fried prawn shells into pot of water once boiled (May put shells into a soup bag first before adding into soup). Then, add chicken bone. Reduce heat to low fire, and cover pot with lid to simmer for 1 – 2 hours.

2) In the meantime, get all side ingredients ready. Heat another pot of water to blanch/ cook side ingredients e.g. Bean sprouts, chicken fillet (or thin pork slices), prawns and stuffed fish balls (Fuzhou fishballs). Reserve for later.

3) Return to the simmering soup after 1 – 2 hours. Remove chicken bone and prawn shells. Add in fish sauce and dark soy sauce. Then, slowly stir in plain flour/ corn starch slurry till soup is thickened to the right texture.

4) Break eggs in a bowl, briefly beat with serving fork (beat no more than 5 strokes). Slowly swirl eggs into the soup (in few stages). Stir constantly till egg-drop forms. Keep the thick broth in mild simmering stage.

5) When it’s about time to serve, blanch noodles, and divide into bowls. Add and arrange side ingredients and shredded lettuce nicely in each bowl. Laddle thick broth into each bowl. Garnish with spring onion juliennes and corriander, and top condiments by the side. Serve hot.

To enjoy better flavour: Mix the condiments together with all ingredients. Toss the noodles to combine well before digging in!

A large serving of my homemade Fuzhou noodle dish (with consumed of thick broth) counts about 500kcal.

Tips: Reason to use plain flour slurry than corn starch to thicken the soup is because the soup thickened with plain flour slurry may keep the broth remained thick in consistency, and will not turn watery so easily.
* Noodle type: This dish supposed to use thick rounded noodles, but it is very difficult to buy that. So, I used Hokkien flat noodle type instead. However, choose any type of noodles, as desired.
* Fuzhou fish balls are available in major supermarkets. It usually comes in vacuum packed of 10 balls.

Tags: NoodlesSoup-based
Category: 1-dish MealRecipeRice & Noodles

5 thoughts on “Fuzhou-Style Noodle in Thick Broth (福州淋面)”

  1. Sarawakiana@2 says:
    March 8, 2010 at 7:18 am

    This is indeed a long lost recipe!

    So lovely to find someone cooking it.

    Fuzhou is a discrict with 10 different smaller subdialects (Ming Ching and Kutien as leading ones). Fujian Province would include the Heng Huas (Putien) and the Hokkiens or Amoy to name a few…

    thanks.

    Reply
  2. amelia says:
    March 16, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    thanks for the recipe. Cooked this for my husband today… the result is great!

    Reply
  3. amelia says:
    March 16, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    Cook this for my husband today! Outcome is really great! Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  4. Han says:
    May 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Can i replace the prawn shells&heads with something else??

    Reply
  5. PatriCa BB says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    Hi Han,

    I am afraid not as I do not know how the taste of the soup will be like, without the prawn shells and heads. Perhaps you may try without it and see how it goes?

    Reply

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