Yellow Rice Vermicelli Chicken Soup with Soy Sauce Sambal

Ingredients

• Rice vermicelli
• Ground turmeric (A little)
• Garlic (Chopped, for the soup)
• 1 peket kecil Soup spice mix (You can use 1–2 small packets)
• Water (As needed)
• White pepper (A little)
• Salt (A little)
• Seasoning powder (A little)
• 1 Chicken stock cube
• Chicken
• Fish balls (Fish cake can be used as an alternative)
• Celery leaves (Sliced)
• 10 Bird's eye chilies
• 4 ulas Garlic (For the soy sauce sambal)
• 1 sudu besar Fried shallots
• 1 sudu besar Sugar
• Salt (A little)
• 1 biji Lime juice (Juice of 1 lime)
• 5 sudu besar Sweet soy sauce (Approximate; adjust to taste)

Steps

1. 1

   Blanch the rice vermicelli in boiling water with a little ground turmeric. Cook until the vermicelli is tender, then drain.

2. 2

   Heat a little oil in a pot and sauté the chopped garlic until lightly golden. The oil for sautéing is not specified in the ingredient list.

3. 3

   Add the soup spice mix and stir until well combined.

4. 4

   Add the chicken and toss to coat; cook briefly.

5. 5

   Pour in enough water. Season with white pepper, salt, seasoning powder and the chicken stock cube.

6. 6

   Bring the broth to a boil and cook until the chicken is done.

7. 7

   Add the fish balls, or fish cake if preferred, and cook briefly until all the ingredients are cooked through. Bring the broth to a boil.

8. 8

   For the soy sauce sambal, briefly fry the bird's eye chilies and four garlic cloves until lightly golden. Add a little oil for frying; the amount is not specified.

9. 9

   Remove the chilies and garlic, then place them in a blender.

10. 10

    Add the fried shallots, sugar, salt, lime juice and sweet soy sauce to the blender.

11. 11

    Blend until the sambal is thick and well combined.

12. 12

    Serve the rice vermicelli with the chicken soup and soy sauce sambal. Squeeze lime over the dish when serving, as suggested in the video.

Notes

The quantities of rice vermicelli, chicken, garlic for the soup, water and several seasonings are not specified. The creator also suggests fish cake as an alternative to fish balls. The video mentions squeezing lime while eating, but it is unclear whether this is additional to the lime used in the sambal.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• Malaysian
• noodle soup
• spicy
• comfort food
• iftar
• stovetop