Mee Siam

Name: Mee Siam
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 200g dried rice vermicelli; 2 tbsp belacan (shrimp paste); 3 tbsp tamarind paste; 2 tbsp sugar; 200g prawns, cooked; 2 hard-boiled eggs, halved; 100g beansprouts; chives to garnish; fried tofu optional

Thin rice noodles in a tamarind and prawn paste broth — sweet, sour and slightly spicy, topped with egg and chives.

Total time

35 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Singaporean

Ingredients

200gdried rice vermicelli

2 tbspbelacan (shrimp paste)

3 tbsptamarind paste

2 tbspsugar

200gprawns, cooked

2hard-boiled eggs, halved

100gbeansprouts

chivesto garnish

fried tofuoptional

Instructions

Soak and drain vermicelli. Blanch briefly.

Fry shrimp paste in oil until fragrant. Add tamarind and sugar. Cook 5 minutes.

Add 600ml water. Simmer 10 minutes.

Ladle broth over noodles.

Top with prawns, eggs, beansprouts and chives.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

201

Protein

16.7g

Fat

Carbs

27.6g

Fiber

1.5g

Sodium

93mg

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