Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Mee Siam is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Take 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Get 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Make ready 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Take 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Make ready 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Make ready 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Make ready 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Get 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Make ready Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Get 4 shallots
- Take 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Get 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Get 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Get Seasonsings:
- Get 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Take 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Take 2 cups water
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.
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