Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. 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 recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
- Make ready 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Make ready 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
- Make ready 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Prepare 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Make ready Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Make ready Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Prepare 4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Take Seasonsings:
- Prepare 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Take 2 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Get 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 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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