Recipe of Ultimate Mee Siam
Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mee Siam is something that I have loved my whole life.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have 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
- Prepare 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Make ready 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Get 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Take 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Prepare 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Prepare 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Take Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Prepare 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Make ready Seasonsings:
- Get 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Prepare 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Make ready 2 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Get 2 cups water
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.
Instructions 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.
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. I decided to go for the Malaysian version because it was easier to modify in order to make it into a quick dish. Mee Siam is a spicy stir-fried rice vermicelli popular for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In Singapore and Malaysia, mee siam is often served at special events.
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