Mee Rebus
February 24th, 2010 | Malaysian Food, Malaysian Recipes | 37 Comments
If you read food blogs, I am sure you already know the fabulous food blog PigPig’s Corner authored by the lovely Ann and Jeff, a Malaysian couple based in the United Kingdom. Pig Pig’s Corner covers both recipes and also restaurant reviews; regardless of what they post, I am always drooling over their foods. This week, I started off the hawker food post with Penang Curry Mee, and PigPig’s Corner is sharing her mee rebus recipe today. Please do check out the mee rebus gallery that Ann is sharing with us, I am hungry at the sight of those golden brown and crispy prawn fritters and the mouthwatering mee rebus! Please give your warmest welcome to PigPig’s Corner and thanks for sharing such a wonderful family recipe.
Mee rebus is one of the many noodles dishes popular in Malaysia. It is yellow noodles served with a thick spicy potato-based gravy and garnished with a hard-boiled egg, spring onions, bean sprouts, fried shallots, tau kwa (dried/ fried beancurd) and lime juice. Although I mentioned popular, I’ve never tried it until my mum-in-law’s version, due to the many other distractions of course.
I fell in love with it when I took my first bite. The gravy is really thick, rich and flavourful with a hint of sourness from the tamarind paste and also the lime juice. My mum-in-law serves it with cucur udang/ bawang (prawns and onions fritters), which I think makes a great accompaniment as the fritters soak up all that wonderful gravy. Another great addition is sambal, which adds an extra ‘kick’ to the dish…
I got this mee rebus recipe from her during her last visit and I was quite surprised as it is relatively easy to prepare. She only gave me the list of ingredients without the exact amounts, which I can understand why. Everything depends on what type of curry paste you use as well as potatoes. Cooking involves trial and error, so just play around with the amounts and adjust to your own taste.
Ingredients:
Egg noodles
Gravy:
1 packet instant chicken curry paste (more or less to taste)
10 (about 700g) small potatoes – peeled and but into large chunks
6-7 cups low sodium chicken stock OR water
1 tbs assam (tamarind) paste – seeds removed
1 tbs sugar
2 Knorr chicken stock cubes
Salt
Garnishings:
Hard-boiled eggs
Spring onions
Fried shallots
Bean sprouts
Your favourite sambal
Directions:
Boil potatoes until tender in a large pot of salted water. Drain and mash until smooth.
In a large pot, mix together 1/3 cup of chicken curry paste with potato puree. Slowly add in low sodium chicken stock or water until a desired consistency is obtained. Stir in tamarind paste (if your tamarind paste is hard, dissolve it in a bit of water and then remove the seeds.). You might want to add more curry paste depending on your taste. Leave to simmer for about 30 mins. Season with chicken stock cubes, salt and sugar.
Cucur Udang/ Bawang (Prawn & Onion Fritters)
Makes about 20 fritters
Ingredients:
10 (about 150g) fresh prawns – cut into thirds
¾ cup dried prawns – washed and diced
¾ cup onions – diced
¾ cup Chinese chives – diced
250g self-raising flour – sifted
1 ¼ cup water
½ Knorr chicken stock cube
½ tsp white pepper powder
½ tsp sugar
Method:
Place chopped dried prawns, fresh prawns, onions and chives in a large mixing bowl. Add flour and water, mix until a smooth paste forms. Season with chicken stock, pepper and sugar.
Heat up oil in a pan or a pot for deep frying. Drop a spoon full (I used a Chinese soup spoon) of batter into the oil and deep fry until golden browned. Avoid overcrowding the pan and do this in small batches. Leave aside to cool.
Serve with mee rebus!
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This is a common and popular dish with the Malays and commonly found in Malay warungs. Sweety gluey orange, it could easily be mistaken for mee java, mee bandung or even the famous Sg Dua mee udang ! One version in Ipoh tastes fantastic and could be the closest to your esteemed recipe here, tho of course not as rich being a commercial setup. Indeed its restaurant name is Mee Rebus something.
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever had mee rebus! It looks delicious, and I’d love to try it. Is it similar to the laksa that’s popular in Singapore? I love laksa, and I bet I’d love this too!
I’ve only tried instant Singaporean laksa – from a packet that my Singaporean friend gave me. Singapore laksa is like curry laksa Malaysia, which is coconuty. Mee rebus is more starchy.
Hi Ann,
Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. I’ve never had Malaysian mee rebus. It looks hearty and delicious with all the toppings & side dishes. I must try this one day.
My type of mee….looks absolutely delicious. I really miss that. Love that spoon of sambal……ooooh…delicious!
Whenever I go back to Penang, I’ll make sure I have Indian mi rebus. When I can’t decide, I have both mi goreng and mi rebus. I love how the gravy coats the noodles, and the crunchy fritters accompanying it. Most of all, I love the rich sweet-ish gravy.
There was a stall at the Jln Duta food court near the courts in KL that sells the best Johor mi rebus, but it has long closed down. Seeing the picture make me miss it all the more.
This looks very delicious! You posted 9 photos and I tried not to click Next till the end because it makes me very hungry & home sick :( It also reminds me of the stall in Alor Setar (opposite Telok Wanjah market) which is very popular and their Mee Rebus (served with cucur udang) is normally sold out by 10AM.
The recipe and preparation looks quite simple. Now I know the thickening of the gravy is by potato puree. May I know the ingredient is roughly for how many serving?
Thanks for posting this Mee Rebus recipe. Do you have any plan to post Penang Lor Mee recipe?
I cooked this for just myself and my hubs, we had it for lunch and finished it for dinner. My hubs is a really big eater so I’d say serves 4-5 =)
About Penang lor mee, I’ve never tried it tbh, have to ask Bee =)
Great-looking mee rebus, PigPigscorner! I’m drooling already!
Hey there! ;o) I’ve never seen mee rebus look that good before! Hahaha…I want some now lah…how?
Cook some yourself now! This is super easy!
This looks AMAZING. I’ve never tried Mee Rebus, but I certainly want to now!
I love mee rebus but it’s hard to find a good ones nowadays. Slurp! Good job PigPigscorner.
These noodles look like my kind of meal. A Hawker stall series is an amazing idea.
Even though I like mee rebus, I actually did not know there were potatoes in there….how stupid of me…
The mee rebus is absolutely mouthwatering and I am equally suprised that it is not so difficult to make – though I didn’t know it uses a chicken curry paste. This is so accessible. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
you can grind your own spices but with curry pastes so readily available, I’d stick to this =P
Looking at the list of ingredients used, this mee rebus is definitely full of flavour and tasty! I don’t think I have the skills to cook this dish. How I wish I can have a fix now!
You definitely have the skill!
i’ve actually never given much thought about the ingredients in making mee rebus and am surprised that it’s pretty simple and like Shirley said, accessible! :)
wanna try making the prawn fritters soon! my grandpa loves them!
Mee Rebus is SUCH a nostalgic dish for me…I used to order it in my school’s canteen every single day, and NEVER got sick of it. I would douse it with LOTS of chili oil, and also have a plate of chee cheong fun on the side. AHHH!! I miss those days!
I miss those days too! Love hawker food!
I always enjoy reading PigPig’s Corner, their stunning photos make me drool and want to lick the screen of my computer.
Thanks so much for this yummy recipe, Anne.
Bee, glad that you have Anne to guest post on your lovely blog.
Thanks so much =) I love your blog too, lots of home cook food and always make me miss home!
I’ve never had this dish before but theres always a first for everything.Thank you for sharing…….
my goodness that looks good!
This really makes me drool. It’s 7pm right now so that might have something to do with it too…but seriously, this really has got me craving for Asian food…
Absolutely delicious. I am a big fan of the PigPig. :)
You guys make me want to learn more about Malaysian cooking.
It sounds as though there is a perfect balance of flavors in that gravy. And those fritters…oh, those fritters…yum!
Ann great post!!
Bee, the site looks absolutely stunning! Wait. that’s not a good word for it. Your new site design is sexy, sophisticated, clean, and very professional! I LOVE it! :)
love mee rebus! especially mee rebus rojak with a hint of spicy peanut sauce
I believe that the Mee Rebus we have in Singapore is usually made with sweet potato purée. Anyway, I make mine with that.
Great post, makes me feel like whipping up one quickly now…
I have to admit I am not a big fan of mee rebus(mum makes it with sweet potato puree) but love cucur udang! Made it last nite..it was oh so good! Just ate it with some dipping sauce as a meal! Thanks!!!
I followed closely your mee rebus recipe and it taste really good! Makes me miss Malaysia food! Thanks for sharing!
thanks for the recipe. made it one sunday and it tastes amazing! even without the cucur udang :) thanks for sharing. would you have recipe for mee jawa as well? kinda craving for it