Chicken Soup with Bee Hoon (Chinese Style)

Ingredients:

1 packet vermicelli noodles/Bee Hoon (soak in water for 30mins and drain)

1 whole leg chicken

5 pcs ginger sliced

1 packet meatballs

2 pcs Fu Chok (optional)

1 tbsp of fried garlic and garlic oil

2 cups of beansprout ~ blanched

Spring onion ~ chopped

Cilantro ~ chopped

In the soup

1 pcs star anise

1 pcs cinnamon stick

3 pcs cloves

1 tbsp coriander seeds

1/4 tsp white/black peppercorn

1/4 tsp white pepper

1/2 tsp 5-spice powder

2 cilantro roots

3 whole cloves garlic

Rock sugar

1 tbsp salt

Seasoning

1 tbsp oyer sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Add the star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves, coriander seeds, white/black peppercorn, white pepper powder, and five-spice powder to a tea bag and set aside.
2. Place the chicken leg into a pot of room-temperature water with sliced ginger to blanch.  Bring the water up to a boil over medium-high heat.  Skim the impurities off the top as they rise to the surface.  Drain and discard the murky water once the water comes to a boil.
3. Transfer the blanched chicken leg to another pot of water for the soup. Add the tea bag of mixed spices, cilantro roots, garlic cloves, rock sugar, white pepper, 5-spice powder, and salt. Stir and let it boil on medium heat for an hour.
4. After an hour, remove the chicken leg from the soup and place it on a plate.  Tear the chicken meat and set it aside for later.
5. Add the seasoning to the soup pot and remove all the spices.  Then add the meatball and cook for another 5 minutes or till the meatball is cooked.
6. To assemble, put a handful of noodles in a medium bowl and arrange chicken and bean sprouts.
7. Then, ladle the soup over the noodles and sprinkle chopped onion and cilantro.  Drizzle some garlic oil.
8. Serve immediately with chopped bird's eye chili and light soy sauce on the side.