Here’s one I got at the Econsave in Butterworth, Penang on my Malaysia trip last year! I looked up Emperor Herb Chicken on Google and found a recipe that lists the ‘Emperor Herbs’ – quite a list!
- 24 g Huai Shan 淮山 (Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae)
- 18 g Dang Shen 党参 (Codonopsis Pilosulae)
- 16 g Yu Zhu 玉竹 (Solomon’s Seal Rhizome)
- 22 g Long Yan Gan 龙眼干 (Dried longan)
- 10 g Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 (Wolfberries)
- 6 Hong Zao 红枣 (Red dates)
- 3 g Chuan Gong 川芎 (Szechwan lovage rhizome)
- 5 g Tang Gui 当归 (Angelica sinensis)
- 15 g Bei Qi 北芪 (Astragalus membranaceus)
It looks like the dish is very popular around Chinese New Year, a festival that is celebrated all over Asia. This variety is from Malaysia, a place where Chinese New Year is heartily celebrated. Let’s have a look at this one!
Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). Looks to be meat free but check for yourself. To prepare, Add contents of sachet to 450ml water and heat until boiling. Add noodle block and cook 3 minutes. Stir and enjoy!
The noodle block.
The soup base sachet.
Smells like chicken!
Finished (click image to enlarge). Added coriander, mint, mung bean sprouts, and baked chicken with Jane’s Krazy Mixed Up Pepper and Johnny’s Chicken Seasoning. The noodles have a very firm backbone – excellent chew to them I found refreshing in this gauge, which is very standard. The broth has a great homestyle flavor and characteristics of a broth that had been cooking for hours. 4.25 out of 5.0 stars. EAN bar code 9556593112398.
Singapore & Penang Street Food: Cooking and Travelling in Singapore and Malaysia (from Amazon) Singapore and Penang have a lot in common both in culinary and cultural terms. For centuries they have been at a crossroads of ancient trade, and immigration, giving them a strong multicultural personality. Singapore & Penang Street Food shows the authentic taste of delicious street food in Malaysia and how the street-food scene in Singapore has become more food court nowadays. Regulated out of existence years ago, street food vendors moved into hawker centers where even the most delicate stomachs have the opportunity to partake. Strict safety and hygiene regulations make Singapore’s hawker food some of the safest street food around, keeping high standards of tastiness and authenticity. Beside five different Chinese cuisines, Singapore also offers Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai street-food dishes. In Penang you will find similar dishes but with a different touch, a different interpretation. The range of regional varieties is endless.
A TV commercial for a different A1 variety – A1 Soup Spices Noodle.
