Penang Hokkien Mee( Prawn noodle)

Penang Hokkien Mee, also known as Har Meen, Hae Mee or Prawn noodle is my all time favorite noodle dish. I order this dish a lot when we were back in Malaysia. It's so rich in flavor and of course, it is BEST served with big succulent shrimps.

I do not make them from scratch. Why do that when you can buy the ready made paste right? :)I'm sure there are many different brands out there, I particularly like the one by Tean's Gourmet. It's tastier but does not give you that 'dry mouth' after taste, like some do. However, I am not sure if they sell this here. I always load this up when I go back to Malaysia.

Anyway, here's what you need for this semi-homemade Malaysian favorite. :)

1 lb large head & shell on shrimp

1/4 cup ikan bilis (dried anchovies), rinsed

1/2 lb Water Spinach (kangkung)

1/4 lb Bean Sprouts


1 chicken breast


6 hardboiled eggs (peeled)

1 package yellow noodle


1/2 package Rice Noodle ( Wai wai Brand)

fried shallots for garnish


and last but not least, Tean's Gourmet brand Prawn Mee Paste

(Package says serve 4-6, but with the anchovies and more water, it could stretch to serves about 6-8 person, without losing its flavor)




Soup Base
about 14 cups of water + the paste+ 1/4 cup dried anchovies. Cook this as long as you prep the other items. (add the shrimp heads to this and continue cooking)

Shrimp
1. Rinse the shrimp, remove the heads. Drop the heads into the soup base.
2. Peel & devein the shrimp. Marinate the shrimp with 1 tbsp of sugar. Set aside.

In a separate pot of boiled water, cook the noodles, rice noodles, water spinach, sprouts, egg. Once they are cooked, I like to rinse them in clean cold water to stop the cooking process.

Cook the chicken & shrimp in the soup base pot. Do not overcooked the shrimp, place them in a strainer and dip it in the boiling soup..as soon as they changed to light orangy color and shrunken, I remove them and put it aside. As for the chicken, cook it on high heat in the soup base for about 5 minutes. Then, leave it in the soup and cover the pot for another 5 minutes). Shred the chicken into tiny strips.

Once all the ingredients been prepped. You may start the assembly process. Place a little of everything in a bowl and fill the bowl with the soup. Garnish it with some fried shallots.

Lastly, sit down and Enjoy!