Recipe: Penang Hokkien Prawn Noodle (Har Meen/Mee Yoke/福建虾面) April 11, 2017 January 2, 2021 by Mummy's Kitchen I was drooling while writing out the recipe for this Har Meen. You can do this extra step if you like. I’m from OC too! Transfer to a large bowl, separate with a fork (being careful not to break them). Still I think it is okay because the outcome of such effort is great. Cooking it at home might be time consuming but like any other great dishes patience is a key to ensure a good result. Hokkien Mee to Penangites is Prawn Mee to others from everywhere else in Malaysia. Vegetarian Hokkien Mee In Singapore, it’s so easy to get a delicious plate of Hokkien Mee without venturing too far from your local neighbourhood. Bring the stock to boil again and add in half of the chili paste. Here is the recipe: Penang Hokkien Mee . Penang Hokkien Mee is the only hawker food that I seriously can’t do without. KL-Style Hokkien Mee. © Ang Sarap, 2013. Making prawn noodles is no simple feat. On or off doesn’t matter, but I always check the stock. But it’s 3-5 hours of hard work, so definitely won’t be able to make it very often. P.S. I live on a small country where there’s no Asian grocery stores and all the so called Chinese restaurants are catered for the locals so the food there taste terrible IMO. definitely wish I had a fix of this now! Penang Hokkien Mee is a popular prawn noodle soup found in Penang, Malaysia. Can’t wait to try out your recipe! Oh my goodness. Remove prawns, set it aside then turn heat off. Penang Hokkien Podcast is throwing a virtual PGHK 2021 Countdown Party. You can add more chili paste if you like it spicier. ... for decades. Remove pork tenderloin then set it aside, let it cool down then thinly slice the pork. It is not exaggerating when it is said that Penang is home to one of the world's best street food cultures. This recipes is for how many people please? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Your email address will not be published. Just cook with hot boiling water until cooked. The Hokkien Prawn Mee in Malaysia is so much better, with rich flavors, better ingredients, and toppings. Top with bean sprout, kangkong, hard-boiled egg, sliced fish cake, fried slice prawns and slices of lean meat. You should really try my recipe! Ladle hot soup into the bowl then serve. The slightly spicy, sweet, and savory soup for this delicious noodle is made with sambal paste, whole prawns, prawns' heads & shells, and chunks of pork ribs, or chicken bones. Learn how your comment data is processed. While Hokkien Mee is a famous Penang hawker food, it originated from the Fujian province in China, and hence the name “Hokkien” (which means Fujian in its dialect) and “Mee” (meaning noodle). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Happy New Year! Dish up and set aside. Make a pot full of prawn noodle soup with this authentic and delicious recipe! https://www.hungrygowhere.my/recipe/kl-style-hokkien-mee-recipe/27843101 For a Malaysian meal at home, I recommend the following recipes. I have a question: Do you keep the lid on the entire time when you’re cooking the prawn stock? I am slowly getting back into spicy foods now (after being unable to eat them for 5 months!) That looks amazing, Raymund. You should really try my recipe! Do I then fry the whole lot before adding water too? Saved by Bee | Rasa Malaysia. Since my Mum is here visiting with us, we decided to make it again, this time verifying that the noodles were good. Scoop up and discard the orange "foam" forming at the top of the stock. There is also KL Hokkien Mee, which is a a noodle dish in dark soy sauce. Thank you for the recipe! Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Come join us! The cooking process takes hours and the laundry list of ingredients may be intimidating, but nothing beats homemade Penang Hokkien mee. I wonder I could use those for soup without taking off the shelf. Strain the stock through sieve and transfer the stock into another pot. To make broth, soak chillies in boiling water for 30 minutes or until softened, then drain. I mean months, not days, and certainly not hours. This is NOT a recording. Every time I would visit the same stall and I’ve been visiting the stall for more than 10 years. In fact a big bang as today we will be posting something hot and spicy, you will definitely sweat as you eat them, the Penang Hokkien Mee. Delicious Hokkien Hae Mee (Prawn Noodles) in a spicy and flavorful broth served with shrimps, slices of pork, bean sprouts, and water spinach. In KL, Hokkien Mee is a stir-fried noodle dish steeped in dark soy sauce with pork and serve with chili lime paste. Discard the shrimp heads and shells. The broth is something to crave for as it is carefully made by frying and cooking prawn shells with shallots and chilli paste in a chicken stock giving it a rich flavour and pleasant aroma. https://my.thermomixrecipes.com/thmrecipes/penang-hokkien-mee It really makes living away from Malaysia the best! Pour the water used for boiling pork on step one together with the pork bones, crispy fried shallots and sugar. Your website has been a source of my kitchen inspirations. Yes, I am talking about a Ziploc bag (a BIG one!) On the same wok unwashed, add in a little oil and cook the shrimp topping. I am so excited as I am very cold today and this will really hit the spot. Ingredients for soup/stock:-1.5 lbs of pork ribs (cut into pieces) Shrimp heads and shells from 2 lbs of shrimps. Ladle hot stock over. It was really satisfying slurping up the soup and had unlimited topping of pork ribs that fell off the bones! Heat up the wok and add cooking oil. A must try! DROOL! Top with sliced pork meat, sliced shrimp, egg quarters, and sprinkle with shallot crisps. Add 15 cups of water into a pot and bring it to bowl. : Outside of Penang, Malaysia, Penang Hokkien Mee is called Har Meen (Cantonese dialect for Prawn Mee), Heh Mee (Hokkien dialect) or Mee Yoke. We’ve got a very good one here but theirs does not look half as good as yours. 15 cups of water (reduced to about 12-13 cups of water after hours of boiling and simmering) Heat a large oiled non-stick pan; pour in half the combined eggs and water. It is so tiny that some people use it for sock, I heard. Try easydelicious.recipes. To concoct a pot of pure shrimpy stock that is signature to this Penang hawker food dish, one has to have heaps of shrimp heads. Your email address will not be published. P.S. * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. KL is the abbreviation for Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. Bee, forgot to ask. I would love to visit Penang one day, but I now consider visiting your home as well. Also known as Hokkien Har Mee. Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). The broth is something to crave for as it is … Hokkien Hae Mee or mee yoke as it is called in Kuala Lumpur originated from Penang, where it is simply known as Hokkien mee… Anyway, for this guest post, I’ve got Citrus and Candy to share her favorite recipe with us—KL Hokkien Mee, or stir-fried dark noodles commonly found in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, which tops The New York Times “31 Places to Go in 2010.” Dig in, albeit virtually, and enjoy! I’ve been to Penang once and I still have vivid memories of the place because of its food. of pork ribs, cut into small pieces; salt, to taste This recipe is only 405 calories per serving. Blend the chili paste ingredients with a mini food processor until finely ground and well blended. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Hi, May I know how many servings that the recipe cater for? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I remember we stayed in Gurney Hotel at Persiaran Gurney and just outside the hotel you will see a lot of food stall and restaurants nearby and this was the first time I got introduced with this Penang Hokkien Mee. 4. This is really YUMMY. (Number 4 under the ‘Method:’ heading). The end result was a pot full of real prawny stock that was as close as what you get from hawkers and street vendors in Penang. The hawkers in Penang also blended the shrimp heads and shells after they are briefly boiled to extract all the flavors from the shell. : Outside of Penang, Malaysia, Penang Hokkien Mee is called Har Meen (Cantonese dialect for Prawn Mee), Heh Mee (Hokkien dialect) or Mee Yoke. While the taste was almost the same, the one I had in Xiamen paled in comparison. Welcome! I could almost taste it just by looking at it. Hey! Over a month ago, a bad batch of noodles ruined my last attempt at making KL (that’s Kuala Lumpur, in case you didn’t know)-Style Hokkien Mee. Penang Hokkien Mee, Penang Prawn Mee or Hae Mee is a spicy noodle soup dish topped with bean sprouts, water spinach, eggs, prawns, pork and sambal. Ang Tsi Tsi is here to share the recipe and cooking method. Pan-fried the shrimp until they are slightly burned. Sold by hawkers and street vendors, this noodle soup is popular throughout the day. Required fields are marked *. Add 1 tbsp of sambal and stir fry for a minute. Stock ingredients: 1 ziploc bag of shrimp heads and shells (I used Ziplock Easy Zipper Bag) Scoop generous ladles of soup over the mee and beehoon and vegetables. I have everything in my refrigerator and pantry to make this dish. I heart this recipe so much, thanks for sharing, adding to my noodle list for when Im home. Add in the pork ribs and continue to boil in low heat for another 1-1.5 hour until the pork ribs are thoroughly cooked. Simmer in low heat for two hours or until the stock is reduced to 2/3 the original volume. It’s impossible to get good Hokkien Mee here in the US, so for the past few months, I bought only head-on shrimps. Basically it is blanched yellow noodles with beansprouts and water convuvolous top with soy sauce braised meat and eggs. Serve immediately with more chili paste to taste. When I was in Xiamen in early 2006, I did validate this fact. There are also a lot of fresh fruits as I remember because when we were there I ate a lot of rambutan and tried all different variants of Durian. But it needs little effort to make. In a large pot bring 3 litres of water to a boil then add the pork tenderloin and pork rib bones. I’ll definitely try your recipe! Auntie Ruby's Hokkien Prawn Mee (Penang Hae Mee) Monday, September 16, 2013 Ed notes: In this post, I have done a major update of the recipe and rewritten the cooking notes since I … Today's recipe is all about cooking Singapore's signature Hokkien Fried Noodles - we Singaporeans called it Fried Hokkien Mee. Check out my Recipe Index, follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and sign up for FREE email newsletter. Cook for 1 hour or until meat is tender. I’d say it didn’t affect the taste, though I wouldn’t know the taste of your version as I haven’t tried :D The result is superb, all the effort of saving prawn shells and heads were paid off ! Place noodles in a bowl together with water spinach, bean sprouts, hard-boiled eggs, crispy fried shallots, prawns, pork slices and a scoop of sambal chili. In a separate large pot add oil then fry shrimp heads, shells and dried baby shrimps until really fragrant. Penang is considered the food haven of Malaysia and a lot of Malaysian foodies just travel to the place just to eat good food like the Teochew Cendol, Asam Laksa, Lor Bak, Curry Mee and the Hokkien Mee to name some. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Penang Hokkien Mee Recipe-Ingredients: For the Stock-shrimp heads and shells, enough to fill a quart-sized Ziploc bag; 15 cups of water; rock sugar, to taste (I use 2-3 chunks, about the size of a golf ball); 1-1/2 lb. Penang Hokkien Mee is the only hawker food that I seriously can’t do without. Help! Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. LOL. A Thokoh Makan recipe. There is also KL Hokkien Mee, which is a a noodle dish in dark soy sauce. It is a dish serve with yellow mee and rice noodles (bee hoon), water spinach (kang kong) and bean sprouts in a fragrant soup which is mainly made from prawn, chilli etc. Just hanging out! The best Penang Hokkien Mee recipe and as close as you get in Penang. Do you like Singaporean-style bah-kut-têe? I found Hokkien Mee (福建虾面) in coffee shops there. Under your ‘Toppings:’ heading, you have 1/2 pound of lean pork meat (boiled and sliced thinly). So I am one of those Malaysians who would move mountain to have good Malaysian food. Penang Hokkien mee is not to be confused with its cousin -- stir-fried yellow noodles in a dark sauce; it's a noodle soup steeped in a rich and flavourful prawn stock. While I eat shrimp all the time, it’s a completely different matter when it comes to saving up their heads. https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-penang-hokkien-mee-prawn-noodle Strain the stock using a fine sieve and transfer to another pot. DIRECTIONS. Very comparable to the prawn noodles I’ve had in Singapore! One of the famous hawker food at Penang. Traditionally, the shrimp heads and shells are stir-fried with oil until aromatic before adding them into the boiling water. While there are several variations, this recipe … I see you’re from OC too! Penang Hokkien Mee, Penang Prawn Mee or Hae Mee is a spicy noodle soup dish topped with bean sprouts, water spinach, eggs, prawns, pork and sambal. Hae Mee, Prawn Noodle, or Penang Hokkien Noodle is a popular street food in Malaysia. No part of the content (digital photographs, recipes, articles, etc.) This brought back so many delicious Penang food memories! Share a photo and tag us — we can't wait to see what you've made! 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