Singapore

Mee Siam

Name: Mee Siam
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Singapore
Ingredients: 300 g Thin rice noodles (bee hoon); 200 g Prawns; 3 tbsp Tamarind paste; 2 tbsp Fermented bean paste (taucheo); some of each Chilli paste & shallots; 1 handful each Tofu & bean sprouts; 2 + 1 Eggs & lime

Rice noodles in sweet-and-sour tamarind sauce

Mee siam - “Siamese noodles” - is, despite its name, a classic of Malay-Singaporean cooking: thin rice noodles in a sweet-sour, mildly spicy tamarind sauce.

The sauce marries fermented bean paste (taucheo), tamarind and chilli; it is garnished with egg, prawns, tofu and lime.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Thin rice noodles (bee hoon)300 g
Prawns200 g
Tamarind paste3 tbsp
Fermented bean paste (taucheo)2 tbsp
Chilli paste & shallotssome of each
Tofu & bean sprouts1 handful each
Eggs & lime2 + 1

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the rice noodles until soft.
Fry shallots, chilli paste and taucheo into a base.
Add prawns and tofu, fry briefly.
Toss in the noodles, season sweet-sour with tamarind.
Serve with egg, bean sprouts and lime.

Make it original

Bee hoon and tamarind for mee siam are in the Asia Boutique.

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