One dish meal is always the best dish to be served on the dining table during weekday’s menu. If you are bored with rice or bread perhaps you can try out this quick and easy Seafood Bee Hoon Soup. You can add in whatever seafood that you prefer to give the soup its natural sweetness.
1 Piece of Dried Bee Hoon 500g of Clams 8 Medium Fresh Prawns 1 Bunch of Choy Sum 2 - 3 Slices of Ginger 1 Stalk of Spring Onion, cut into section 1.5 Litre of Water 1 Ikan Bilis Stock Cubes, optional
Method
1. Soaked the dried bee hoon for about 30 minutes till it softens. 2. Trim the choy sum and cut it into sections and soaked in water for a few minutes to wash away the dirt. Rinse then set aside. 3. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a soup pot, add in ginger and spring onion, sauté them until fragrance then add in water and bring to boil. 4. Simmer soup for about 5 minutes, add in stock cubes and season to taste. Set a side. 5. Blanch clams in boiling water for about 30 seconds or when it opens, dish-up and rinse with cold/ice water. 6. When the clams are done, turn off the heat, and add in the prawns into the hot water. Let it soaked for about 1 minute, removed and rinse with water. 7. Next bring the soup broth to boil, add in the bee hoon, when it comes to boil again add in the prawn and choy sum and cook for another 1 minutes or so. 8. Lastly, served the bee hoon and other ingredients in a big bowl, top with some clams and pour over some hot broth and serve immediately.
Tips
~ You need to soak the clam in some salt water for about 10 - 15 minutes to remove the soil and dirt in it. ~ Blanching of the seafood before cook is to retain their crunchiness especially for the prawn so that it will not be overcooked and the soup broth will be clear.