Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, 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 meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Get 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Get 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Get 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Make ready 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Take 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Take 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Prepare 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Get 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Make ready 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
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Get Seasonsings:
- Make ready 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Get 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 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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