Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mee Siam is typically garnished with shredded omelette, scallions, bean sprouts, garlic chives, and lime wedges. In Malaysia a "dry" version is more commonly found, which is essentially stir frying the rice noodles with the same ingredients used in the Singaporean version. Mee Siam is a common dish as breakfast, brunch or lunch in Malaysia. Mee Siam or "Siamese noodles" is basically spicy fried rice vermicelli with various toppings such as shrimp, chicken, fried firm tofu, and shredded omelet.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mee Siam is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Get 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Take 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Prepare 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Prepare 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Get 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Get 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Take 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Prepare Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Make ready Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 4 shallots
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Make ready 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Take Seasonsings:
- Get 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Make ready 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Take 2 cups water
Mee Siam which means "Siamese noodle" in Malay, is a local hawker dish which makes for an ideal breakfast type of food. (Okay, so I wanted to write this because it is quite under-rated.) A basic Mee Siam comprises of rice vermicelli (bee hoon) along with tau pok and hardboiled egg, all of which are in a tangy and sweet-spicy gravy. Mee Siam is a little tedious to prepare but the end result is totally worth it as it is delicious, spicy and packed with flavour. It is also perfect for parties or pot luck and you can easily cook a big pot of these. You can also make a vegetarian Mee Siam just by leaving out the prawns.
Steps to make Mee Siam:
- Prepare all the ingredients!
- Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside.
- Stir fry the pounded ingredients and kaffir lime leaves until aromatic. Add prawns and fry until they are half-cooked. Dish out only the prawns and put aside.
- Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry.
- Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked.
- Serve with cut lime at the side to drizzle if preferred.
It is also perfect for parties or pot luck and you can easily cook a big pot of these. You can also make a vegetarian Mee Siam just by leaving out the prawns. It would still be delicious as the main attraction of. This Mee Siam is based on the Malaysian version - which is a hot and spicy dry noodle dish. There's also a Singapore version that's similar, but is served with a spicy gravy.
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