Fat Chewy Noodles

Ingredients:
- 400 g all-purpose flour
- 2 g salt
- 200 ml water , room temperature
Method:
- Mix up all the ingredients into a bowl
- Knead the dough until a rough, firm ball is formed, about 2 minutes.
- Let the dough rest for 30mins-1hour
- Roll the dough out until desired thickness (a little thicker is better as we stretch it out further in step 5) and use a knife to cut slices of dough
- Lightly stretch the dough before dropping in into a boiling pot of water (here, starting wider thicker piece of dough allows us to stretch it a little more before boiling it)
- Boil for about 3-5mins, drain and serve with desired toppings/sauce
- Normally, I coat the noodles lightly in sesame oil while preparing the rest of the ingredients
Mala Sauce Hack
- 1 tablespoon of Hai Di Lao mala soup base with chili oil
- 1 tablespoon of sweet vinegar – if not, regular vinegar with some sugar
Condiments hack
- Fried ikan bilis (wash dried anchovies and pan fry in oil until crispy)
- Braised Mushrooms
- Braise Shiitake mushrooms in a mixture of soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and dark sauce + water until soft (about 30mins-45mins)
- Start with 1 tablespoon of each ingredient and adjust to taste.