Malaysian
Mee Hoon Sup Ayam (Rice Vermicelli in Chicken Soup)
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Mee Hoon Sup Ayam (Rice Vermicelli in Chicken Soup) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the rice vermicelli in hot water until pliable, about 8 minutes, then drain.
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Slice the shallots.
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Heat the oil in a small pan and fry half the shallots, sliced thin, until golden and crisp; drain and set aside for garnish.
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Combine the chicken, remaining shallots, and water in a pot and bring to a boil.
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Skim off any foam, reduce to a simmer, and cook until the chicken is fully cooked and tender, about 20 minutes.
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Lift out the chicken, shred the meat, and return it to the pot with the salt.
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Divide the drained vermicelli and bean sprouts among bowls and ladle the hot broth and chicken over top, finishing with the fried shallots.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Mee Hoon Sup Ayam (Rice Vermicelli in Chicken Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Mee Hoon Sup Ayam (Rice Vermicelli in Chicken Soup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 28 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 470 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Mee Hoon Sup Ayam (Rice Vermicelli in Chicken Soup) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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