Easiest Way to Make Perfect Mee Siam

Mee Siam

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mee Siam is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my entire 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 it.

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