Mee nung pakon puvet.
(Egg noodle with shrimp ball soup.)

Egg noodle with shrimp ball and prawn soup is absolutely delicious country food from Khmer Krom in Karmourn Sor (Rach Gia).
• Ingredients :
  • 8 Cups water
  • 1 Package thin Wonton egg noodle
  • 1-2 lbs shrimp, peeled, de-veined and grounded
  • 2 Stalks green onion, minced
  • 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 Teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 Teaspoon corn starch
  • 1½-2 lbs chicken bones
  • 1 Yellow onion, peeled
  • 2 Cloves garlic
  • ½ Dried squid, soaked in water, drained
  • 1 Stick cinnamon
  • 8 Cups water
  • 2 Tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 Large prawns or 4 small lobsters, steamed and peeled (optional)
  • ½ Head of Romaine or Boston lettuce (option)
  • 3 Stalks green onion, chopped
  • 1 Tablespoon roasted garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon roasted onion
• Procedures :
  Put 8 cups water in a large pot, cook till water bubbling, add noodle to boiling and cook till noodle tender. Pour cooked noodle in a colander, rinsed under cold water, drained and set a side.
  In a large bowl, mix grounded shrimp with green onion, fish sauce, sugar, black pepper and cornstarch together, mix well. Make shrimp ball by hands,put shrimp ball in a plate and continue make shrimp ball till prepared grounded shrimp gone, set shrimp balls a side.
  In a large soup pot, put chicken bones with yellow onion, garlic, dried squid, cinnamon stick and water together, cook in high temperature till water bubbling then simmering in low heat for at least 1 hour, occasionally removes bubbles that formed on top soup.
  Removes chicken bones, onion, garlic, squid and cinnamon stick from soup. Keep soup broth boiling on the stove and drops shrimp balls in to boiling soup.
  Seasoning soup stock with fish sauce, salt, sugar and black pepper.
  TO SERVE:
  In a large bowl, put couple lettuce leaves, add some cooked noodle, a prawn(or lobster), some green onion, some roasted garlic and roasted onion, and pour hot soup broth over along with few shrimp balls. Serve immediately.