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November 9, 2006

Mee Siam - Food You Take For Granted Until You Live In The West

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“Irresistible spiced vermicelli served in a tangy sweet-sour tamarind gravy and an assortment of garnishes and sambal chilli. An authentic Singaporean dish that will tempt you with its fragrant aroma.”

What an apt description on the box! The Prima Taste Mee Siam premix had four packets of ready-to-cook paste in the box: mee siam paste, bee hoon sambal, sambal chilli and lime juice. Ahhhh…. The Sambal Mee Siam Gravy was delicious… the Sambal Belachan was heavenly.

Here are the cooking instructions out of the box:

A. To cook bee hoon:

1. Soak dry bee hoon (see picture below) in a pot of water until soft.

Mee Siam - Bee Hoon Image

2. Heat Bee Hoon Sambal with 75 ml water in a wok or frying pan on medium heat for 1 min. Stir well.

Mee Siam - Bee Hoon Sambal Image

3. Add soaked bee hoon and stir-fry. Mix the gravy with the bee hoon until gravy is evenly soaked up by the bee hoon.

Mee Siam - Bee Hoon stir fried with Sambal gravy

4. Transfer to a serving bowl.

B. To cook Mee Siam gravy

1. Mix Mee Siam Paste with 450 ml water in a pot and bring to boil.

Mee Siam Gravy Image

2. Simmer for 2 mins. Do not cover pot.

C. To serve

1. Portion bee hoon into individual bowls.

2. Stir Mee Siam gravy gently before pouring into bee hoon.

3. Add garnishes and serve with Sambal Chilli. Add lime juice to taste.

Mee Siam - Sambal Belachan Image

Just look at the amount of Sambal Chilli that came with the premix! (*drool*)

For the prawns, what I did was after step A4, I used a paper towel to gently wipe the wok free of bee hoon, then add a bit of oil and stir fry the prawns. Because the wok still has the sambal flavor, the prawns was delicious!

This tasted so good. So so good!

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3 Responses to “Mee Siam - Food You Take For Granted Until You Live In The West”

  1. tigerfish said:
    November 9th, 2006 at 1:39 pm

    It REALLY…IS GOOooood !

  2. I Made Nasi Lemak! at Chinese Recipes | Cooking Tips | Good Eats said:
    November 10th, 2006 at 12:14 pm

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  3. S said:
    March 16th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    i cannot agree with you more!!!
    i’ve been living in singapore practically all my life that when i recently moved to Australia to further my studies, i am so missing all these food!

    I will definitely drop by the asian supermarkets to buy the prima taste!

    Thank you!

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