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Penang Prawn Mee

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Penang Prawn Mee

A Malaysian hawker-style prawn noodle soup, built on a richly flavoured prawn and pork rib broth, deeply savoury and warming.

Total time
90 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
70 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Malaysian

Ingredients

500gprawn shells and heads
300gpork ribs
200gegg noodles
200gprawns peeled
100gbeansprouts
2 tbspbelacan shrimp paste
4dried red chillies
3 tbspoil
soy sauceto season
fried shallotsto serve

Instructions

1

Fry prawn shells and heads in oil until red. Add belacan and chillies.

2

Add 2L water and pork ribs. Simmer 1 hour. Strain.

3

Return broth. Season with soy.

4

Blanch noodles and beansprouts. Add prawns to simmering broth briefly.

5

Serve noodles in bowls, ladle broth and prawns over, top with fried shallots.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
169
Protein
3.1g
Fat
11.3g
Carbs
14.5g
Fiber
1.1g
Sodium
5mg

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