Penang Prawn Mee

Name: Penang Prawn Mee
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 500g prawn shells and heads; 300g pork ribs; 200g egg noodles; 200g prawns peeled; 100g beansprouts; 2 tbsp belacan shrimp paste; 4 dried red chillies; 3 tbsp oil; soy sauce to season; fried shallots to serve

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

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

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

Return broth. Season with soy.

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

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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