Mee Siam (Spicy Rice Vermicelli)
Minggu, 26 Februari 2012
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Mee siam is a pop noodle dish inward Singapore. Bee hoon (rice vermicelli) is mixed alongside spices as well as seasoning, as well as thence a slightly spicy, sweetness as well as tart sauce is added. Basic toppings include egg slices, fried beancurd, sambal, garlic chives as well as lime.
The mee siam recipe I'm sharing is from "Cooking for the President".
When Wee Kim Wee was an ambassador inward Malaysia as well as Japan, Mrs Wee's cooking took Tokyo as well as KL past times tempest (according to the cookbook). She invited 500 guests at a time, as well as position out an entire spread of Nyonya delicacies.
Mee siam was ane of the guests' theatre favourites, along alongside sambal udang as well as chicken satay.
The magic inward Mrs Wee's mee siam is the bee hoon made alongside a exceptional ingredient: kokosnoot milk. Thick, freshly squeezed milk is fried till all the H2O evaporates, leaving kokosnoot fossil oil as well as nicely browned curds.
The kokosnoot fossil oil is as well as thence used to tiddler dried chillies, shallots, belachan as well as taucheo. This aromatic, spicy glue is mixed alongside the kokosnoot curds, addition some other not-found-in-other-recipes ingredient: love apple tree ketchup. Finally, it's tossed alongside coarse bee hoon.
Mrs Wee's dry out mee siam is nada curt of presidential. It's thence skillful it tin hold upward totally eaten on its own, but the wonderful mee siam sauce makes it fifty-fifty better.
"The sourness, saltiness as well as sweetness of the sauce are thence balanced that none of them dominate. The sauce is to a greater extent than savoury than sweet. The assam (tamarind) flavour inward the sauce is assertive, but non sharp. Towchew (preserved brownish soya edible bean paste) as well as prawn flavour are essential, but non obtrusively dominant."
"Cooking for the President"
If you're non on Mrs or Ms Wee's rarefied invitee list, never mind. You directly cause got her mee siam recipe.
This recipe takes some time. The skillful word is, it'll hold upward the best mee siam ever. It's pretty idiot-proof, as well as yous tin enter ahead. If yous like, yous tin skip the sauce as well as brand dry out mee siam. That'll also hold upward the best dry out mee siam ever.
INGREDIENTS
Bee hoon
INSTRUCTIONS
INGREDIENTS
Bee hoon
- 1 kg coarse dried bee hoon (rice vermicelli)
- 6 large pieces theatre beancurd (960 g)
- vegetable fossil oil for deep-frying
- 540 ml fresh undiluted kokosnoot milk (2¼ cups)
- 40 g dried chillies – soak inward warm H2O till soft, most xxx minutes; squeeze dry
- 375 g shallots – peel, wash, pound alongside dried chillies till fine
- 8 g belachan – toast till dry, pound to yield two tsp powder
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 90 g lite brownish taucheo (fermented soya beans) paste
- 130 ml love apple tree ketchup
- salt to taste, most 1 tbsp
- 40 g dried chillies – soak inward warm H2O till soft (about xxx minutes), squeeze dry
- 375 g shallots – peel, launder as well as pound alongside dried chillies till fine
- 100 ml + xv ml vegetable oil
- 12 g belachan – toast till dry, pound to yield 1 tbsp powder
- 120 g lite brownish taucheo (fermented soya beans) paste
- 50 prawns weighing most 1 kg prawns
- 2 pieces assam gelugoh (tamarind skin), conform to gustatory modality (I used eight pieces)
- 60 g assam jawa (tamarind paste)
- 80 g sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 350 g garlic chives – wash, trim, cutting two cm long
- 5 hard-boiled eggs – peel, spell crosswise 0.5 cm thick
- 10 calamansi limes – halve crosswise, discard seeds
INSTRUCTIONS
- To railroad train bee hoon, gear upward according to bundle instructions till soft but nonetheless rattling springy. Do non overcook. Refresh inward mutual frigidity H2O to terminate the cooking. Set aside to drain.
- Halve each spell of beancurd. Cut into slices five mm thick. Deep-fry inward hot fossil oil over medium-high oestrus for five minutes. Reduce oestrus to medium-low. Continue frying till lightly golden. Transfer to a plate.
- Fry kokosnoot milk over depression oestrus till fossil oil separates as well as curds form. Increase oestrus to medium. Fry till curds are medium brown. Drain to dissever curds as well as oil. You should directly cause got most 100 ml kokosnoot oil, 100 g curds, as well as a muddied wok (unless yours is non-stick or actually good seasoned). Set fossil oil aside, grind curds till fine, as well as launder wok.
- With kokosnoot fossil oil made, stir-fry dried chillies as well as shallots over medium to depression oestrus till reddish brownish as well as aromatic. If glue sticks to wok, drizzle alongside 1 tbsp water, scrape to loosen mucilaginous bits, as well as thence proceed frying. Add two tsp belachan pulverization as well as stir through. Push mixture to ane side.
- Put two tsp vegetable fossil oil inward the middle of the wok. Add xc g taucheo. Fry till intensely aromatic, adding 1 tbsp H2O as well as scraping if it sticks. Stir taucheo as well as chilli glue together. Turn off heat. Leave till cool. Add love apple tree ketchup, kokosnoot curds as well as salt. Mix thoroughly. Add bee hoon as well as one-half of fried beancurd. Using (clean) hands, toss till thoroughly mixed. Taste as well as if necessary conform seasoning. Cover as well as position aside. Refrigerate if necessary. Allow to come upward to room temperature earlier serving.
- To brand sauce, stir-fry dried chillies as well as shallots inward 100 ml vegetable fossil oil over medium to depression oestrus till reddish brownish as well as aromatic. If glue sticks to wok, drizzle alongside 1 tbsp water, scrape to loosen mucilaginous bits, as well as thence proceed frying. Add 1 tbsp belachan pulverization as well as stir through. Push mixture to ane side.
- Put 1 tbsp vegetable fossil oil inward the middle of the wok. Add 120 g taucheo. Fry till intensely aromatic, adding 1 tbsp H2O as well as scraping if it sticks. Stir taucheo as well as chilli glue together. Set aside.
- Shell prawns, leaving tails on. Devein as well as wash. Dry-fry shells as well as heads till scarlet as well as fragrant. Add plenty H2O to cover, along alongside assam gelugoh, assam paste, saccharide as well as salt. Bring to a boil as well as simmer gently, covered, for xv minutes. If assam glue is non yet disintegrated, crush alongside spoon as well as stir through. With a slotted spoon/spatula, take as well as discard shells, etc, leaving solely stock. Poach prawns inward the stock till but cooked. Remove to cool down. Measure stock as well as summit upward alongside H2O to 1.4 litres. Add fried chilli paste. Stir through. Bring dorsum to a boil. Taste as well as conform seasoning if necessary. Turn off heat.
- To serve, oestrus upward sauce if necessary. Place bee hoon inward a deep plate. Add sauce sparingly. (Presidential mee siam doesn't swim inward lots of sauce, dissimilar those from hawker centres.) Top alongside eggs, poached prawns, beancurd, as well as chives. Squeeze lime over mee siam as well as dig in.