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Mee Siam
By poisoneyes | January 26, 2008
INGREDIENTS:
1kg meehoon (soaked & drained) - thin rice vermincelli
1kg fresh prawns (shelled & deveined - reserve shells for stock)
900ml water
salt to taste
1 cup vegetable cooking oil
10 cloves garlic (chopped)
6 yellow bean curd (diced)
2 tbsp taucheo or salted soy beans (rinsed & mashed)
4 tbsp light soy sauce
500g bean sprouts (de-tailed)
125g daun bawang or spring onions (chopped)
6 red chillies (sseded and sliced thin)
20 bawang merah or shallots (sliced & deep fried)
4 hard boiled eggs (sliced)
15 to 20 limau kasturi or small limes (halved & seeded)
Ingredients for Mee Siam Sauce:
2 tbsp vegetable oil
12 cloves garlic (puree to paste)
3 tbsp ground red chillies
3 tbsp taucheo or salted soya beans (rinsed, drained & pounded)
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup thick air asam jawa or tamarind juice
900ml santan or coconut milk
salt to taste
Fill a pot with water and add in the prawn shells to create the stock for the mee siam
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer to get 1 cup of thick stock
Strain the shells and season with salt
Discard the prawn shells
Heat oil in a wok and fry the garlic till they become crips (but don’t burn them!)
Add in the prawns, bean curd (tofu) and salted soya beans
Stir-fry everything (2 mins) and reduce the heat
Add in the stock and light soy sauce
Simmer covered for 4 minutes
Add the meehoon and fry for about 5 mins
Mix in the bean sprouts and spring onions
Continue to cook everything till all ingredients are done
Add as little or as much salt as you wish
Dish up the noodles on a serving platter and garnish with the chillies, shallots and eggs
Serve hot with lime wedges and the sauce
How to make Mee Siam Sauce: Heat oil in a wok:
1. Fry the garlic, ground red chillies and salted soya beans (1 min)
2. Add in the sugar, tamarind juice and coconut milk then reduce the heat
3. Cook till the oil looks like it’s separating from the sauce
4. Add in salt
5. Dish up and set aside sauce in a separate bowl - let guests take as little or as much sauce to go with their mee siam as they wish
