How to Prepare Quick Mee Siam

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mee Siam is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mee Siam is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first 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:

1. Take 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
2. Get 300 g prawns - peel and devein
3. Get 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
4. Make ready 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
5. Make ready 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
6. Take 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
7. Make ready 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
8. Take 1/3 cup cooking oil
9. Prepare Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
10. Make ready Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
11. Get 4 cloves garlic
12. Make ready 4 shallots
13. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
14. Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
15. Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
16. Make ready 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
17. Make ready Seasonsings:
18. Make ready 2 Tbsp fish sauce
19. Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
20. Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
21. Make ready 2 tsp sugar
22. Take 1 tsp chicken stock granules
23. Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
24. Prepare 2 cups water

Steps to make Mee Siam:

1. Prepare all the ingredients!
2. Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside.
3. 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.
4. Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry.
5. Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked.
6. Serve with cut lime at the side to drizzle if preferred.

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