Homestyle Fried Mee Hoon
This Homestyle Fried Mee Hoon is a simple and tasty dish. It is made using rice vermicelli, also known as mee hoon, along with prawns, chicken, and vegetables. The key to its delicious flavor is the use of prawn stock, which adds richness to the dish.
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Ingredients
Ingredients for mee hoon:
- 120 g rice vermicelli/mee hoon
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- about 4 tbsps prawn stock*
Ingredients for egg:
- 2 eggs grade A/size: L
- ⅛ tsp fine salt
- ⅛ tsp white pepper
- ½ tbsps cooking oil
Ingredients for prawn & chicken:
- 100 g prawn shelled & deveined
- 230 g chicken breast meat sliced
- ½ tsp white pepper
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 30 g chopped garlic
- 3 tbsps cooking oil
Ingredients for vegetables:
- 100 g cabbage
- 120 g choy sum
- 50 g carrot julienned
Other ingredients:
- 2 pcs 25 g red chilies (julienned)
- 25 g fried shallot
Instructions
Directions for Cooking Fried Mee Hoon:
- Soak rice vermicelli for 5 minutes with plain water, drained and set aside for later use.
- *For prawn stock: Add 150 g of water to prawn shell, bring to the boil, cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Sieve the prawn stock. Add 4 tbsps of prawn stock, salt and dark soy sauce, mix well.
- For egg: Add salt and white pepper to egg, beat until combined. Preheat ½ tbsps of cooking oil in non-stick wok, pour in egg. Turn the egg over when the bottom is cooked, remove when both sides are cooked. Set aside until slightly cooled, then cut into strips.
- Add white pepper, salt, sugar, cornstarch and sesame oil to prawn and chicken strips, mix well.
- Preheat 3 tbsps of cooking oil, add in chopped garlic, cook until fragrant. Add in prawn and chicken strips, cook until outer layer is cooked. Add in vegetables, cook until softened.
- Add in seasoned prawn stock and soaked rice vermicelli, cook until liquid fully absorbed.
- Mix together rice vermicelli and other ingredients, cook until fragrant.
- Add in red chilies and shredded egg, mix well. Off the heat.
- Garnish fried mee hoon with crispy fried shallot before serving to enhance the aroma.
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Notes
Note: I use Erawan brand rice vermicelli in this recipe.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 397kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 23gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 170mgSodium: 890mgPotassium: 476mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2328IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 141mgIron: 2mg
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