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Bakmi Khek Medan/Hakka Pulled Pork Noodles with Cracklings

written by Marvellina Updated: September 23, 2017
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Hakka Pulled Pork Noodles with Cracklings (Bakmi Khek Medan) is one of those non mainstream dishes that barely anyone knows outside of Indonesia, but it is seriously DELICIOUS. Chewy noodles are tossed in flavorful pork fat served with pulled pork and crispy cracklings are sure to get you hooked.

Hakka Pulled Pork Noodles with Cracklings (Bakmi Khek Medan)

Bakmi Khek or loosely translated as Hakka Pork noodles is one of my top-on-the-list foods to eat whenever I go back to my hometown in Medan, Indonesia. Hakka is a group of Chinese community who speaks one of the many dialects existed in China and worldwide. My father in law is a Hakka and speaks the dialect fluently. My husband still understands the dialect but probably doesn’t speak Hakka language as fluently as he used to.
Hakka Pork Noodles (Bakmi Khek Medan)

This simple yet very tasty noodles will knock your socks off! I’m not even kidding! It is a noodle dish consist of noodle serves with pulled pork, lots of pork lard (this is what makes it unbelievably tasty), and crispy cracklings made of the pork skin. The noodles used are usually chewy in texture and some can be curly or we call it mie keriting (curly noodles). This hakka style pork noodles are very simple in appearance but crazy good in taste. Healthy ? NO ! Not something you want to have everyday, but I sure can allow this in my diet once a month maybe (or once every two weeks?) 😉

Hakka Pulled Pork Noodles with Cracklings (Bakmi Khek Medan)

I missed this so extremely much, so I attempted to make one of my own today for lunch and I can’t say it is as good as the one they are selling in Medan, but, hey…I’m thousands of miles away and I’m delighted to say that it is delicious enough!!!!!

Hakka Pork Noodles (Bakmi Khek Medan)

Hakka Pulled Pork Noodles with Cracklings (Bakmi Khek Medan)

Servings 4 -5 servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb fresh egg noodles or any chewy noodles you like such as ramen noodles
  • 2 lbs pork shoulder/butt
  • 1 lbs pork fat
  • 2 stalks green onion finely chopped
  • Generous amount of pork lard
  • Fried shallot crisp bawang goreng

Seasonings to marinate pork (adjust to your preference):

  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp sugar of sugar
  • Pinch of Salt and ground white pepper

Instructions
 

HOW TO MAKE PORK CRACKLINGS:

  • Cut the pork fat into small cubes. Place them in a pan and cook them on low-medium heat. The fat will slowly render out from the skin. It may takes some times, just watch out on the heat not to burn them. They will crisp up as the fat renders out. Remove them from the fat and save them for later use. If you make this the day before, you can preheat them in oven at 350 F for 15 minutes and they will be crispy again

COOKING THE PORK:

  • Place the pork with the seasoning in a sealed plastic bag and marinade for at least 30 minutes
  • Prepare a pot with a lid and place the pork inside the pot, pour in water, about 1-inch high. Cook on low to medium until the pork is fully cooked and tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the pork from the cooking liquid and when cool enough to handle, shred the meat. Save the cooking liquid (strain if necessary). This is a great tasting liquid
  • Cook the noodles in a boiling water. Discard the water and briefly rinse with cold running water
  • Prepare an individual serving bowl and spoon about 1 Tbsp of pork lard, 2-3 Tbsp of the cooking liquid, portion out the noodle and mix them well, to make sure noodles are well-coated with the above. Top with shredded pork, crispy pork cubes, chopped green onion, and fried shallots

Marv's Recipe Notes

It's hard to find good quality fresh egg noodles without preservatives and additives. I've made this using high quality spaghetti noodles and Korean wheat noodles (as shown in the photos) and they are still delicious
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4 comments

Fred April 7, 2021 - 5:20 pm

Hi Marvellina,

I added this recipe some time ago to my to do list and I intended to make this dish this week. But when I read the recipe closely today, I had some doubts about the amount of pork meat to be used. Are you sure that the amount of pork shoulder and pork belly, combined about 1.8 kg! for 4-5 persons, in this recipe is correct? Usually, noodle dishes with meat contain approx. 100 grams of meat per person. So, in this recipe I would have expected 400-500 grams of pork meat for 4-5 persons. Since I like meat (you must be brave to say that nowadays …), 600-750 grams of pork would have been fine too. But even for me the 1.8 kg of pork seems excessive. And the pictures of this dish do not indicate that you used such a huge amount of pork. Could you take a look if my doubts are legitimate? If so, what amount of pork shoulder and pork belly would you suggest for 4-5 people?

Many thanks and kind regards,
Fred

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Marvellina April 7, 2021 - 10:49 pm

Hi Fred, you have a legitimate doubt 🙂 When I did this recipe a long time ago, I actually use the fat part of the pork belly to make the pork lardons and this part actually varies from each pork belly (some has more fat less meat than the others, etc). I have “fixed” the recipe to reflect the change (less confusion). The pork fat is mainly to make the lardons and to get the lard for the noodles. I hope that helps to clarify.

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Stef June 28, 2015 - 9:14 pm

There are so many types of noodles in this world 🙂 I know part of the ones you can find in Europe and usually have no idea about the ones you use in your recipes

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Marvellina June 29, 2015 - 10:06 pm

I hear you Stef. I have lots to learn about noodles at other parts of the world too. It always amazes me the varieties of food we have out there!!!

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