Chicken and Beef Balls Noodle (Bakmi Ayam dan Bakso Sapi)

Last Sunday we had good friends coming over to our place, since the kids had not been seeing Bianca for awhile. I prepared this meal for them. It's good to eat on a rainy day. This recipe is good to make 10 bowls of noodle.

Ingredients:
- 1 package egg noodle
- 400gr caisim/mustard green (see above picture)
- 1 can of preserved cabbage (tongcai)
- fried onion
- chili sauce
- water to boil
- frying oil

In a pot, boil water, when it is boiling add the egg noodle and cook until soft. Drain all the water and instantly add oil and stir the noodle to distribute oil evenly.
Boil the vegetable/caisim until half cooked. Drain the water and put the vegetable aside.

To make the soup:
- the broth from 4 whole chicken leg
- 20 beef balls
- 3 green onion, wash and chop thinly
- 2lt water
- 1 cube chicken broth
- salt
- sugar
- ground white pepper

In a big pot, boil chicken in 2lt water until cooked. Take out the chicken and put it aside (to make topping). Add beef balls into the broth. Add chicken broth cube, salt, sugar and pepper. Continue to cook for another 10min. At last add chopped green onion. Make this soup not too salty, since the topping will add the saltiness.

To make chicken topping:
- 4 cooked whole chicken leg
- 2 can of whole straw mushroom
- 4cm ginger
- 6 cloves of garlic, chop thinly
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 3 Tbsp sweet soy sauce
- 3 green onion, wash and chop thinly
- ground white pepper
- sugar
- water
- oil for saute

Shred the chicken meat into small pieces and discard the bones. In a pan, saute the garlic and ginger for 2min. Add the shredded chicken meat, continue to stir. Add fish sauce, oyster sauce, pepper and sugar. Add mushroom and then sweet soy sauce, stir constantly. Add water as needed. Add green onion and adjust the taste.

To serve in a bowl, place the noodle first, and then vegetable and chicken topping. Pour the soup and beef balls on top of it. Sprinkle some preserve cabbage and fried onion. Add some chili sauce if you like it spicy. Serve while it is hot.