Hokkien Prawn Mee Recipe
A well-loved dish, Hokkien Prawn Mee is a variant consists of egg noodles and rice noodles stir-fried with egg, slices of pork, prawns, and squid, and served and garnished with vegetables, small pieces of lard, sambal sauce and lime (for adding the lime juice to the dish).
You can buy this delicious dish in any hawker centers in Singapore. If you are on a tour, feel free to tell your Hello! Singapore tour guide and add this in your itinerary.
If you have a sudden craving for some Singaporean dish, below is the recipe for a made Hokkien Prawn Mee.
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INGREDIENTS
SEAFOOD BROTH
1 kg prawn heads and shells
1 kg pork bone
3 cloves of garlic
3 shallots
2 tbsp oil
2 litres boiling water
1 tbsp white peppercorns
80 g ikan bilis
30 g rock sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
TOPPINGS
1 kg prawn
2 medium squid
200 g pork belly (poached in 4 slices of ginger)
2 fish cake
100 g chives
PER PORTION OF HOKKIEN MEE
150 g yellow noodles
75 g thick bee hoon
75 g thin bee hoon
3 tbsp pork lard
1 egg
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 cup seafood broth
6 poached prawns
6 poached squids
6 slices poached pork belly
6 slices fish cake
1/4 cup bean sprouts
1 tsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp dark soya sauce
handful of chives
PROCEDURE
Seperate 1kg prawns from shells
Slice 3 cloves of garlic and 3 shallots
Add 2 tbsp oil ot pot
Stir fry garlic and shallot till fragrant
Add prawn heads and shells
Add 2 litres of boiling water, then 1 tbsp white peppercorns, 80g ikan bilis, 30g rock sugar, 1 tbsp fish sauce and 1kg pork bones
Bring to boil and let it simmer for 45 mins
Poach 200g pork belly with ginger slices
Slice into strips and set aside
Clean 2 medium size squids and slice into rings
Remove all the ingredients from broth
Bring broth to boil
Slightly poach squid rings, then prawns, in broth
Slice 2 fish cakes, and cut 100g of chives into 5cm length
Add 2 tbsp pork lard to hot pan, and stir fry one beaten egg
Add 150g yellow noodles, 75g thick bee hoon, 75g thin bee hoon
Add a little dark soya sauce for color
Add 1 tsp light soya sauce, and stir fry 1 tbsp minced garlic with lard
Add squid, prawn, porkbelly, and fish cake
Add 1/2 cup seafood broth for both
Add 1/4 cup bean sprouts
Cover and cook for 3 mins
Add a little dark soya sauce for color
Finish with handful of chives
Making your own Hokkien Prawn Mee seem complicated but it is all worth a try! Happy cooking!