Sometimes when we don't feel like eating rice, Bihun Siam is a good substitute to fill our stomach. It is easy and fast to prepare.
Ingredients:
- 300 g bihun
- 5 pcs chili padi. Alternative - dried prawns chili flakes
- 3 tbsp minced bean paste
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 250 g bean sprout or more, if prefer
- 50 g chives
- 4 eggs
- 4 pcs taukwa
- 200 g prawns
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Method:
- Soak the bihun for ten minutes or until soft.
- Prepare the condiments:
- Wash and cut the chilies and put them into a saucer.
- Add minced bean paste into a small bowl. Add rice vinegar to the bowl and stir the minced bean paste and rice vinegar until they are well mixed. Add some boiled water if the bean paste sauce is too thick.
- Wash and cut up the chives and place them into a serving bowl.
- Fry the eggs and place them into a serving bowl.
- Cut the taukua into small cubes. Fry them until they are slightly yellowish. Do not fry them until they are brown as they will become hard. Dish out into a serving bowl.
- Peel the prawns, de-vein them and then wash them. Fry them until they are cooked and then dish them out into a serving bowl.
- Wash the bean sprouts and set aside.
- Peel and chop some garlic.
- Add about 4 tbsp cooking oil into the kuali and saute the garlic.
- When the garlic is fragrant, add water to the kuali.
- Add in seasonings - light and dark soy sauce, salt and pepper.
- Let the water with the seasonings boil before pouring in the bihun. Stir gently until the bihun is totally covered with the sauce. Then add the bean sprouts. Fry until the bihun and bean sprouts are cooked. If the bihun is still hard, add in some boiled water. Dish out and serve with the prepared condiments.
- To serve, scoop some fried bihun onto a plate. Add in some eggs, taukua and prawns. Sprinkle some chives onto the bihun and drizzle it with some bean paste sauce. Add some chillies if preferred.
- Mix the fried bihun with all the condiments before eating it.
- Note: You may also prepare some fried shallots too to be sprinkled on top of the fried bihun to be served.