Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna 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 easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mee Siam is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 shallots
- 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Seasonsings:
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 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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