Easiest Way to Prepare Quick Mee Siam

Mee Siam

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mee Siam is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
  1. Take rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
  2. Prepare prawns - peel and devein
  3. Prepare beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
  4. Get chives, cut into 3cm length
  5. Take dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
  6. Prepare firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
  7. Make ready kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
  8. Make ready cooking oil
  9. Prepare Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
  10. Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
  11. Take garlic
  12. Make ready shallots
  13. Make ready turmeric powder
  14. Prepare chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
  15. Prepare lemongrass chopped finely
  16. Prepare bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
  17. Prepare Seasonsings:
  18. Get fish sauce
  19. Take soy sauce
  20. Prepare tamarind paste
  21. Get sugar
  22. Prepare chicken stock granules
  23. Prepare white pepper
  24. Get 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:
  1. Prepare all the ingredients!
  2. Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside.
  3. 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.
  4. Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry.
  5. Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked.
  6. 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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