Ban Mien

[annie]

Am currently living overseas and hubby loves ban mien so wanna try making it myself. anyone has any experience making it? i found a few recipes online but then there are a few different versions.. i wonder which is the closest.. anyone tried making it? care to share the recipe? n also the chilli's recipe hehe. TIA

 

[diymummy]

Last time when I was in UK some friends made ban mian.

They used flour, eggs and water. Mix all together. I don't know the proportions though... Coz they only estimated it and used the colour of the dough as a judge.

Can't help with the chili. But we use Thai sweet chilli to go with the minced pork and stuff. Add in some chopped garlic into the chilli to enhance taste.

 

[camom]

I think there's some vinegar added to the chilli to give it that distinctive taste. I like mine with cut red chilli padi actually.

 

[annie]

how bout the stock? is it purely ikan billis stock or need to add soya beans?

 

[chrish]

Hey i just made Ban Mian the other day and i used pure Ikan Billis stock..

as for the dough i got the recipe from the net..

it's made using plain flour, 1egg, water, salt to form into a dough.

see the version i've made

As for the chilli, i used normal chicken rice chilli with some freshly cut cilli padi for the 'shiokness'..well it works for my taste lah lol

 

[annie]

looks delicious! does it taste similar to those sold in foodcourts? how many ikan billis did u use and how much water? how long did u boil the stock?

 

[chrish]

it is yummy! I used quite a big handful of the fish cos im making for myself only I actually like the crunch of the fried ones so i used a little more hehe..you can add a tad lesser of you like though..but i believe the fish gives the stock more flavour I boiled for about 30minutes plus also adding some 1/2 chicken stock cube Try it yourself! Nothing beats local food when you're away from SG! I know! hehe

 

[chrish]

opps..forgot to reply you on the how much water..

i used about a big soup bowl of boiling water....maybe 2.5 normal rice bowl..

and yes it taste like the foodcourts one minus the lots of MSGs hehe..

 

[meiteoh]

I made some ban mein as well when I was in Switzerland. You can find it under my blog here as mee hoon kueh.

I made by own stock by frying ikan bilis in some oil, then adding water, salt & pepper to taste. The condiments are mushrooms, mince, ikan bilis and some chinese cabbage. Noodles also handmade myself - the key to nice ban mein apart from the soup is the thickness and taste of the noodles. Took me a few tries to get it right but am glad I finally did!

 

[annie]

wah so many ppl tried making before! im gonna try this weekend! hehe. i told a fren last night that i wanna make n end up she tried tonight n took some photos! look soooo delicious.. *drool*

 

[woofy55]

hehe ... i love ban mien too but nvr cook before!!!