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