Mie Ayam: The Ubiquitous Chicken Noodle

Mie ayam is the most widely consumed noodle preparation in Indonesia — present in every city, every town, every roadside stall from Aceh to Papua. It is unambiguously Peranakan Chinese in origin (the wonton noodle and char siu noodle traditions of Cantonese cuisine are the architectural ancestors), but has been so completely absorbed into Indonesian daily food culture that most Indonesians do not experience it as foreign. The basic composition — wheat noodles dressed with chicken oil, sweet soy sauce, and topped with chicken preparation and broth — is invariant across the country; the regional variation occurs in the spicing of the chicken topping, the richness of the broth, and the addition of pangsit (wontons) or bakso (meatballs).

Mie Ayam — Chicken Noodle, The Indonesian Vernacular Bowl

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