HU TIEU THAI – Sometimes Good Wife

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ground pork, sauteed with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper until fully cooked
• 1/2 pound squid rings, poached in boiling water for about 3 minutes, or until it’s fully cooked
• 18 each large shrimp (16 to 20 count), peeled, deveined, and poached for about 3 minutes, or until it’s fully cooked
• 10.5 ounces dried mungbean thick noodle, cook according to directions
• 11 ounces fish balls, cut in half and blanched
• 1 each chicken carcass
• 1 pound pork spareribs or bones
• 18 cups water
• 1 large yellow onion, cut in half
• 1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 ounce dried shrimp, rinsed
• 1 each dried squid, rinsed
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 inch, ounce rock sugar
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar