Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Mee Siam is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- 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
- Take 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)
- Prepare Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 4 shallots
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Take Seasonsings:
- Take 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Prepare 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Take 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Get 2 cups water
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.
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