My Wok Life Cooking Blog

It’s about every food I’ve cooked with heart and loves

Menu
  • Home
  • Recipe
    • Main Dishes
    • 1-dish Meal
      • Children
      • Cakes and Bread
    • Sides
    • Soup
    • Drinks
    • Festive Gourmet
    • Fish & Shells
    • Low-Fat
    • Meat & Poultry
    • Rice & Noodles
    • Sauce & Condiments
    • Singapore Favourites
    • Dessert
    • Vegetables & Fruits
  • Food Reviews
    • Overseas & Holidays
    • Singapore
  • Nutrition & Diet
    • Boosting Body Immune System
    • Effective Products
    • Ways to Keep Fit
  • Special Features
    • Advertorial
  • Tips & Info
    • Kitchen Tools & Appliances
    • Measurements
    • Notes & Ingredients Value
    • Weekend Spot
  • Contact My Wok Life
  • Privacy Policy
Menu
Seafood Meesua

Braised Seafood Mee Sua (焖海鲜面线)

Posted on May 21, 2009December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰

Seafood Meesua

“Get hooked on my seafood treats with crisped Mee Sua.”

Mee Sua, or you call it vermicelli, a Chinese noodle dish which you eat it especially during birthday to symbolise longevity. Mee sua simply means long noodle thread (面线). Usually, mee sua is made into very thin strand, and it’s brittle when cooked. The apperance of Mee Sua is normally in whitish colour, and to be sold in to a box of 5 – 6 bundles. This type of Mee Sua is good to make into soup noodle.

I did not use the usual whitish bundles in this recipe, in fact. I used the crisped (pre-fried) type. Never heard of it? I have first spotted this crisped version in the wet market, last Sunday when a lady was buying 2 packets of it at the same store. She recommended it to me over my hesitation with the noodle choices, and commented that this crisped Mee Sua gets softened quicker than crisped Ee-fu noodle, to shorten the braising time. It’s also easier to chew, especially for younger children.

My Wok Life Cooking Blog Braised Seafood Mee Sua (焖海鲜面线)The brownish crisped appearance is often mistaken with Ee-fu noodles (伊面), but Mee Sua has much thinner strand, and its taste is different from Ee-fu noodle (see Braised Ee-fu noodle recipe). Yes, I bought a packet of 4 crisped circular blocks.

Indeed, crisped Mee Sua is an excellent noodle to be used for braising. The texture of crisped Mee Sua is not so much the super thin whitish Mee Sua, and it is not brittle. Its texture and mouthfeel are resembling Italian pasta, the Angel hair, which never lose its elasticity after cooked. I loved to cook it with seafood, to make it fuller as my ‘1-dish-meal’ dinner.

Serves 3-4
Ingredients
3 circular blocks of crisped Mee Sua
1 small squid, trimmed and sliced into rings
1 Red Grouper (石斑) fish fillet, thickly sliced (*season with 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and sprinkles of white pepper)
8 – 10 medium prawns, shelled with just its tail remained intact (*season with 2 teaspoons of light soy sauce).
8 – 10 vegetables wanton rolls
Handful of spinach, cut into bite size (菠菜)
1 – 1½ cup of water

4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of Japanese sweet cooking wine, Mirin (味醂)
Sprinkle of ground white pepper
Pinch of salt

3 tablespoon of cooking oil

Method
1) Heat wok with 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high fire. Add half the amount of minced garlic and fry till fragrant. Add squid rings, prawns, fish slices and vegetable wanton rolls and stir-fry for 1 minute. Sprinkle some water (about 2 tablespoons) and pinch of salt, continue to fry for another minute, or until 90% done. Remove from wok, dish up and set aside for later.

2) Using the same wok, replenish 1 tablespoon of oil and the remaining garlic, fry till fragrant and lightly browned. Add Mee Sua, and 1 cup of water. Reduce heat to lower frame, cover wok with lid to simmer for 3 – 5 minutes.

3) When crisped Mee Sua starts to soften and keep bubbling in the liquid, add light soy sauce, oyster sauce and ground pepper. Stir fry to combine. Return cooked seafood ingredients to wok, and add Mirin. Then, add spinach, stir-fry to combine the ingredients. Heat off when all ingredients are cooked as well as Mee Sua completely softened. Serve immediately. 

Seafood Mee sua

1 portion of braised seafood Mee Sua counts about 400kcal.

Tips: If water dries up too quickly during cooking/ braising, replenish with ½ cup – 1 cup (depends on how wet you want the noodle dish to be), if you prefer more gravy.
* Same thing, if the noodle dish appears too watery, you may wish to thicken it a little with cornstarch slurry (*see My Cooking Tips of no. 20 under Meat & Seafood)
* Do not over-cook the seafood ingredients to retain moisture with soft and chewy bites.

 

Tags: BraisedNoodlesPrawnsSquids
Category: 1-dish MealRecipeRice & Noodles

12 thoughts on “Braised Seafood Mee Sua (焖海鲜面线)”

  1. Milo and Pa says:
    May 26, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Hi, nice…. mind to snap a picture of how the packet of the cripsy mee sua looks like? I am so keen in getting it and cooking it for my family!

    Reply
  2. PatriCa BB says:
    May 27, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Hi Milo and Pa,

    I will go home and snap a photo of it. Check it out by tomorrow!

    Cheers!

    Reply
  3. Milo and Pa says:
    May 29, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Thank you so much… i will keep a look out when i go to the super market :P

    Reply
  4. Joyce says:
    June 5, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Hi Patricia,

    May I know where did you get the crispy mee sua from? I can’t find them in NTUC…

    Thanks!

    Reply
  5. PatriCa BB says:
    June 5, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Hi Joyce,

    I got it from a small store selling raw noodles, bean sprout, fresh “yong tau fu”, fish balls and fish cakes, in the wet market.

    Perhaps you may try those grocery/ provision shops and neighbourhood mini markets at neighbourhood area, too.

    Reply
  6. Milo and Pa says:
    June 5, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Yeah… I too cannot find the packet :( so sad…. went to so many shops :(

    Reply
  7. PatriCa BB says:
    June 5, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    So sorry.. I din know it is so hard to get.. Let me go dig the brand name again and find out from the supplier at where they normally supply to, ok?

    Reply
  8. Milo and Pa says:
    July 1, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    yeah…. i found it at last…. amk market near the courts… they sell dried food like ikan billis, salted fish etc…. :)

    Reply
  9. PatriCa BB says:
    July 1, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    Hey,

    Yes! Yes! The store I bought from sells raw noodles, tofu and preserved salted vegetables etc in the market in Bishan…

    This has been in my mind all this while to remember to go back there to check out the noodles for you, but not yet have the time so far.. So sorry.. But I am glad that you found it!

    I admire your perseverance though… Just hope you have a happy cooking and sucessful noodle meal now! Do let me know your result! And, do ask me if you have any question in this, k.. :D

    Reply
  10. hwee theng says:
    April 26, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    Hi, may i know whats the name of on tha package of the mee sua?
    Thanks!

    Reply
  11. Joce says:
    July 7, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    Hi would love to try it out tmr. Can I check how many tablespoon of light soy sauce and oyster do I add these sauces when cooking for each serving?

    Reply
    1. PatriCa BB says:
      July 8, 2016 at 10:19 pm

      Hi Joce,

      I didn’t get your question. My recipe is good for 3-4 servings.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Calin Chong MyWokLife
About My WokLife
The Myst Condo at Upper Bukit Timah
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

MyWokLife Popular Posts

  • Stir fried baby kailan
    Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan with Garlic...

    Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan with Garlic (清炒小芥兰) : "Simp...

  • Luohan guo herbal tea
    Luo Han Guo Chinese Herbal Tea (罗汉果...

    "Fruit of Medicine, the natrual sweet fruit, for general well being, and so...

  • Huai Shan Soup
    Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan)...

    Huai Shan Soup Recipe or Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan) Soup with Corn...

  • Tell Me the 5 Reasons to Drink MILO...

    5 Reasons to Drink Milo Every Day : "Get the best start to your day with MI...

  • Taiwanese Lu Rou Rice (台式卤肉饭)

    “Taiwanese Lu Rou Rice : Easy recipe of a popular Taiwanese dish which you...

  • Otak-Otak Recipe (乌打食谱)

    Post & Recipe in English and Chinese (中英食谱) "How about some homemade Ot...

  • Omelette with onion
    Omelette with Chopped Onion

    "Omelette - the best dish that complements your plain porridge meal" Onion...

  • Hainanese Pork Chop (海南猪排)

      “Hainanese pork chop dish should be submerged in less viscous till a...

  • Ginger and spring onion pork stripes
    Ginger and Spring Onion Pork Dish (...

    "Delicious home-taste pork dish with smooth and tendering texture that you...

  • Glutinous rice ball in sweet peanut soup
    ‘A-Balling’ Peanut Soup...

    "An iconic Singapore Hawker Dessert made at home" Not sure why this is call...

mywoklife

One of my go-to dining places when I need a quiet One of my go-to dining places when I need a quiet and relaxing (with live piano performance) dinner on a week night if I am in KL. #colonialcafe at The Majestic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. 

Serving not just the Western, but Hainanese cuisine. Loved their dinner rolls (but not the butter), too. 

Averagely RM150 per pax for a 2-course (shared appetizer and main course) and coffee/ chilled drink. 

#kualalumpur #majestichotel #autographcollectionhotel #malaysia #goodfood #noneeddressuptodinein
First visit to this popular food centre in PUDU, K First visit to this popular food centre in PUDU, KL, Malaysia, selling plenty of nostalgic KL food, etc, white laksa, hainam toast, hainam kopi, dim sum, wanton noodles, porridge, etc. Came for the famous yellow wine chicken bun which I wanted to try for a long time. It was good. :)

#马来西亚美食 #古早味 #吉隆坡美食 #半山巴美食 #海南咖啡真的很好喝 ☕️
#happymothersday to #womenalmighty ❤️ #happymothersday to #womenalmighty ❤️
Yes, I am in my mid 40, who lives well. ❤️ Ju Yes, I am in my mid 40, who lives well. ❤️

Just came across a random IG post this morning saying that “woman over 40, can never looked as young and as energetic as young girls no matter how well she took care of herself”…… In the first place, why should women over their 40s, to take care of themselves and their appearance, is to compare with young girls…. Why only women over 40 need to be taught by him (a guy at his 20s or so) that these women should and should not do certain things in their life…. Why only women over 40s….. Speechless. Period. #happymothersdaytoall 

#takecaretopleasemyself #agegracefully 
#energycomesfromheart #youngatheart 
#womenover40s #justlookgoodatyourage
#artofspeechisimportant #justventing
The 2 sets at $12 deal is one of my fav meals from The 2 sets at $12 deal is one of my fav meals from #coffeebeanandtealeaf 

#coffeebean #singaporefood #breakfast
Steamboat for dessert, not too sweet, it’s refre Steamboat for dessert, not too sweet, it’s refreshing 😋

#dessert #supper #bugis #janedeer #简鹿糖水铺 #甜品
One of the best #chickenrice 🍚 shops in #singap One of the best #chickenrice 🍚 shops in #singapore 🇸🇬
It’s not difficult to prepare a jar of #honey #l It’s not difficult to prepare a jar of #honey #lemon #water at home. It’s good to sooth throat, quench thirst, reduce heatiness, and replenish #vitaminc 🍋 Chill it before serving!

#wildflowerhoney #shophousebyshangrila
Which one will you pick as main? Huge super crispy Which one will you pick as main? Huge super crispy but light #天丼 or the elegant super tender but fatty #鰻丼 🍱🥢

Food was fresh and delicious. Also checked my #sashimi 🧐 for sure, no🪱😝🥶

#mikuni is located in the #fairmonthotel and so #accorplus member enjoys certain discounts. Just sharing.
Load More... Follow on Instagram

©2023 My Wok Life Cooking Blog