Mie kangkung (
lit.'kangkung noodle'), is an
Indonesian vegetable
noodle soup with kangkung (
water spinach), usually served with bakso meatball and mushroom. It is a specialty of Betawi cuisine,
Jakarta, Indonesia. The yellow
egg noodles come with a brown-colored thick soup, made of
chicken or
beef broth, which is thickened with
tapioca, spiced, and mixed with garlic and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce). Other ingredients include bakso meatballs,
bean sprouts,
mushrooms, hard-boiled
quail eggs and sprinkled with bawang goreng (fried shallots) and added with a dash of
kaffir lime juice and sambal.[1]