this definately going down in my list of comfort food..
~ Oyster Mee Suah ~
Ingredients:
1 packet of Mee Suah
20 pieces of fresh medium sized oysters
tapioca starc
fish sauce
pepper
oyster sauce
sweet soya sauce - kecap manis ABC
light soya sauce (i use kikoman soya sauce)
bonito flakes
sea salt
cornflour
chopped coriander leaves
fried crispy onion
fried chilli prawn paste
Preparation:
1. Mee suah:
put in mee suah noodles in hot boiling water, add a bit of oil & salt..& strain
2. Oyster
-drain all excess liquid from the oyster & toss it lightly with pepper & tapioca starch
- heat pan with peanut oil and put in oyster in small batches and a few dashes of fish sauce. This should take only a minute or two per batch as this is to seal the starch n not to overcook d oyster
- once done: put them aside.
2. Oyster
-drain all excess liquid from the oyster & toss it lightly with pepper & tapioca starch
- heat pan with peanut oil and put in oyster in small batches and a few dashes of fish sauce. This should take only a minute or two per batch as this is to seal the starch n not to overcook d oyster
- once done: put them aside.
3. Gravy
- using same pan which is rich in oyster flavour, fry in 2 tbspn of oyster sauce, 1tbsp sweet soya sauce (kecap manis ABC), 2 tbsp of japanese soya sauce (kikoman) & 1 cup of water.
- let it simmer n put in 1tspn of bonito flakes & sea salt
- after a while pour in a cup of cornstarch solution made of 2 tsp of cornflour, dashes of pepper & 1 cup of water
- gravy is done once it thickens-
Note: scoop a bit of the gravy into the cooked oyster to avoid them from sticking to each other- the oyster tastes better this way too.. :)
Pour in the gravy into individual bowl & garnish with prepared oyster, chopped coriander, fried onion and fried chilli prawn paste..
best served hot.. bon appetit :)
- using same pan which is rich in oyster flavour, fry in 2 tbspn of oyster sauce, 1tbsp sweet soya sauce (kecap manis ABC), 2 tbsp of japanese soya sauce (kikoman) & 1 cup of water.
- let it simmer n put in 1tspn of bonito flakes & sea salt
- after a while pour in a cup of cornstarch solution made of 2 tsp of cornflour, dashes of pepper & 1 cup of water
- gravy is done once it thickens-
Note: scoop a bit of the gravy into the cooked oyster to avoid them from sticking to each other- the oyster tastes better this way too.. :)
Pour in the gravy into individual bowl & garnish with prepared oyster, chopped coriander, fried onion and fried chilli prawn paste..
best served hot.. bon appetit :)
