Breakfast for 4
Kolo Mee
Fresh egg noodles toss with seasoned ground pork, shallots, garlic, and crisp onion flakes for a quick savory meal.
$8.44for 4 servings
$2.11 per serving$8.44 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
- 25 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 4servings as written
- $$typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Onions$1.29/lb typical | a little | $0.05Typical price |
| Leeks and shallots$3.49/lb typical | 0.25 lb | $0.82Typical price |
| Garlic$0.75 each typical | 0.5 | $0.30Typical price |
| Ground pork$4.49/lb typical | 1 lb | $4.49Typical price |
| Broth or stock$0.07/oz typical | a little | $0.01Typical price |
| Egg noodles$0.14/oz typical | 12 oz | $1.68Typical price |
| Green onions$1.19 each typical | a little | $0.17Typical price |
| Pork roast, shoulder or loin$2.49/lb typical | 0.15 lb | $0.31Typical price |
| Pie crust, puff pastry, wonton wrappers$3.49 each typical | 0.25 | $0.61Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $8.44 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oilAsian sauces and pastesSoy sauceDried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsHot sauce
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp dried onion flakes
- 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 small shallots
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 lb lean ground pork
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- water for boiling noodles
- 1 package (12 oz) fresh thin chinese egg noodles
- 1 green onion
- 1/4 lb roasted bbq pork (optional)
- 7 cooked wontons (optional)
- pickled chilies (optional)
- hot sauce
Steps
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small skillet over medium heat and fry the onion flakes for 3 minutes.
- Heat the remaining oil in a large skillet and cook the shallots and garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add the ground pork and cook for 7 minutes, breaking it apart, until it reaches 160 F.
- Stir in the bouillon, fish sauce, soy sauce, and white pepper, then cook for 1 minute.
- Boil the noodles in water for 3 minutes, then drain them well.
- Cook pork until it reaches 145 F inside, then rest it 3 minutes.
- Toss the noodles with the pork mixture and top with green onion, roasted pork, wontons, pickled chilies, and hot sauce.
Swaps
- Pork roast, shoulder or loin for Beef chuck roast or stew beefabout $4.50/lb more at typical prices
- Onions for Red onionsabout $0.20/lb more at typical prices
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