Prawn Mee (Malaysian style)

Name: Prawn Mee (Malaysian style)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 600g prawn heads; 1 large piece of pork bone; 5 dried chilies (optional); 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 20g rock sugar; 2 tsp salt; 400g medium-sized prawn; 200g pork loin, cut into slices; 2 pieces fish cakes, cut into slices; 2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into half; 80g kangkung (weight after clean and cut(; 120g bean sprouts; 200g rice vermicelli; 400g yellow egg noodles; 1 stalk scallion, cut into small rings; 3 tablespoons fried shallots; 90g sambal tumis

20 steps

Prep:30minCook:4h

Prawn mee is a specialty noodle soup popular among the Malaysian Chinese. The uniqueness lies in the soup base, prepared with a humongous amount of prawn heads and shells coupled with pork bones concentrated to a thick, creamy, and highly aromatic broth.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:17:00 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1097.8 kcal (55%)

Total Fat35.7 g (51%)

Carbs129.9 g (50%)

Sugars7.8 g (9%)

Protein60.8 g (122%)

Sodium2950 mg (148%)

Fiber5.3 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

600gprawn

2 Tbspvegetable oil

20grock sugar

2 tspsalt

400gprawn

medium-sized

200gpork loin

cut into slices

2 piecesfish cakes

cut into slices

2eggs

hard-boiled, cut into half

80gkangkung

weight after clean and cut

120gbean sprouts

200grice vermicelli

400gegg noodles

yellow

1 stalkscallion

cut into small rings

3 tablespoonsshallots

fried

90gsambal tumis

Instructions

Step 1

Clean the prawn heads and shells, drain thoroughly.

Step 2

Heat some vegetable oil in a large pan or wok. Stir fry over medium heat.

Step 3

Add a few dried chiles, which is optional.

Step 4

Continue stir-frying until aromatic. Remove from heat.

Step 5

Add sufficient water to submerge the bone in a stockpot.

Step 6

Bring it to a boil. Skim off the scum floating on the surface from time to time.

Step 7

Cook the pork loin in the broth until fully cooked, fish out the pork and cut into slices,

Step 8

Add some rocking sugar.

Step 9

Simmer for three hours. Remove the bone.

Step 10

Crush the shrimp heads with mortar and pestle.

Step 11

Now return the crushed head to the broth and continue to simmer for an hour.

Step 12

Season with salt.

Step 13

Strain the broth

Step 14

Remove the yellow noodles from the packet, then rinse it thoroughly with plenty of water and drain.

Step 15

Soak the rice vermicelli in water for half an hour. Drain.

Step 16

Place the kangkung, beansprouts, yellow egg noodles, and rice vermicelli in a wire mesh strainer and blanch in boiling water for one and a half minutes. Drain and pour the vegetables and noodles into the serving bowl.

Step 17

Arrange the cooked prawn, pork slices, fish cake slices, and half of the hard-boiled egg on top of the noodles.

Step 18

Ladle the boiling prawn broth into the bowl.

Step 19

Sprinkle the fried shallots and scallions on top to garnish.

Step 20

Place the sambal in a soup spoon and serve along with the prawn mee.

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