Cao Lau - Southeast Asian Recipe

Cao Lau

🌍 Southeast Asian, Hoi An Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 200g cao lau noodles (thick, chewy, made with local well water and lye)
• 200g char siu pork (sliced)
• 100g pork skin cracklings
• 50g dried won ton chips
• bean sprouts
• mint
• cilantro
• green onion. **Sauce:** 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• dash sesame oil
• star anise–infused broth

Method

1. Step 1 — Blanch noodles; drain.
2. Warming — Warm pork slices in seasoned broth.
3. Step 3 — Bowl: noodles, pork, cracklings, won ton chips, sprouts, herbs.
4. Drizzling — Drizzle with sauce; very little broth — this is a dry-style dish.

Tags: cao lau noodles, char siu pork, pork skin cracklings, dried won ton chips, bean sprouts · Source: Brittani's Almanac