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Shrimp Chow Mei Fun is a scrumptious Southeast Asian staple that is very delicious and nutritious as well. Try this stir-fried vermicelli dish with a mix of spices, veggies, shrimp, and chicken, you will love it!

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Shrimp Chow Mei Fun

Chow Mei Fun, also known as Bihun Goreng or Fried Vermicelli, is a highly adaptable dish. It can be served alongside other dishes or enjoyed as a stand-alone meal.

Mei Fun is the Cantonese term for mi hoon or bihun, with “Chow” meaning stir-fry. In China and Taiwan, bihun is also known as bee hoon, mee hoon, or mifen. This vermicelli, made from rice, is typically stir-fried with ingredients like cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, shrimp, meat, and eggs, all seasoned with soy sauce.

Chow Mei Fun traces its origins back to China and was likely introduced to other Asian countries by Chinese immigrants.

Popular staples in Asia include Egg Fried Rice, Shrimp Fried Rice, Beef Chow Fun, and Cantonese Chow Mein. These dishes are commonly found on menus in Chinese restaurants and are essential components of many Asian meals, whether enjoyed with friends or alone.

For those with busy schedules, this dish is ideal. You can prepare it in advance by soaking the vermicelli until soft and storing it in the fridge. Chop up the vegetables and meat separately. When you’re ready to cook, simply stir-fry all the ingredients together in one wok, and you’ll have a meal ready in just 10 minutes.

Serve with Pickled Cucumber or green chili sauce.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

It’s an ideal dinner option – This is an ideal dinner option. It’s simple and very delicious.
A complete meal in one dish – It is a complete meal of carbs, protein, and vegetables in one dish.
Quick and easy – This meal is quick and easy to prepare. It takes less than 10 minutes to stir fry it in the wok. You can prepare the ingredients first and keep in the fridge separately before cooking.

Recipe Ingredients

a photo of shrimp chow mei fun ingredients.

Ingredient Notes

Rice Vermicelli or Mei Fun – Rice Vermicelli or mei fun (mee hoon) or bee hoon is made of rice flour and the color is white and it is gluten-free. It comes in dried form and need to be soaked until soft before cooking.

Shrimp and other meats – You can add pork, chicken, beef, or sausages. Marinate pork, chicken, pork, or beef before cooking. Fish cakes, fish balls or sausages already have their own flavor, so you don’t need to marinate them.

Vegetables – Cabbage, carrots, mustard greens, bean sprouts are the commonly used vegetables. If you have other vegetables in mind, you can try and experiment with the recipe.

Seasoning – Basically, the seasoning is very simple and easy to get. They are oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, mushroom powder, pepper, and chili oil.

Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below

How to Make

Soak the rice vermicelli in a container with hot water. Let it soak for at least 10 minutes until soft. Drain the water, set aside. (image 1, 2)
Slice the Chinese sausage, fish balls (image 3, 4). Set aside with the shrimps.
Cut the cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, and chilis (image 5, 6, 7, 8). Set aside.

photo collage of processing the mei fun before cooking and preparing other ingredients.

Heat some oil. Put in the egg. Make soft scrambled eggs (image 9). Set aside.
Use the same wok, heat another 2 tbsp oil. Put in minced garlic (image 10). Saute until fragrant.
Stir fry chilis (image 11). Add in the shrimps, sausages, and fish balls (image 12).

photo collage of stir frying the ingredients in a wok.

Then, add the soft vermicelli (image 13). Pour in the seasonings (image 14, 15).
Toss in the vegetables (image 16). Then stir-fry until the vermicelli is even softer and vegetables change color.

photo collage of mixing the mei fun noodles and other ingredients.

Lastly, add the scrambled eggs (image 17). Mix and stir until evenly coated. Turn off the stove.
Serve on a plate. Garnish with minced leeks or coriander leaves.
Boil fresh green chilis and garlic. Blend together and add sugar, salt, mushroom powder, and vinegar. Serve shrimp mei fun with green chili sauce.

Serving

Serve this dish with green chili sauce. This is optional if you don’t like spicy food, you can just eat Bihun Goreng as a stand-alone meal.

Another plus point from this dish: it’s easy to pair Bihun Goreng with other side dish like Xiu Mai or Fried Meatballs.

Pro Tips

Prepare the seasonings in a small bowl. This will prevent from forgetting while you are busy cooking.
Stir-fry using long chopsticks and spatula to spread the seasoning evenly.
Spray some water to the mei fun in the wok if needed. This will make the mei fun softer.

FAQs

Mei Fun or Bihun is rice vermicelli or thin rice noodles. They come in dried form. You can soak it with hot water for a while before cooking.

You can get rice vermicelli in the dried noodle aisle at any Asian grocery store.

No. Rice vermicelli is made of rice flour and the color is white. On the other hand, glass noodles are made of mung bean flour and the color is transparent. Both of them come in dried form and need to be soaked until soft before cooking.

Alternatively, you can use pork, beef, or chicken. They all taste great with rice vermicelli.

Yes. mei fun noodles is gluten-free. If you want to make this dish completely gluten-free, check other ingredients and make sure they are also gluten-free.

a plate of shrimp chow mei fun with vegetables and shrimps.

Storage

This easy dish is best served immediately. This recipe yields only 2 to 3 portions. If you do have some leftover, keep them in an airtight container in the fridge.

Reheating is easy. Simply stir-fry Bihun Goreng in a pan for a 5-10 minutes.

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Shrimp Chow Mei Fun

Shrimp Chow Mei Fun is a popular Chinese dish of fried vermicelli mixed with vegetables and some shrimps.

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Course: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Asian, Chinese

Keyword: bihun goreng, fried vermicelli

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: portions

Calories: 377kcal

Author: Claudia

Equipment

1 wok

Ingredients

Ingredients A

200 gr rice vermicelli
2 eggs
4 tbsp oil

Ingredients B

1 pcs sausage Chinese sausage
3 pieces fish balls
1 piece fish cake
50 gr shrimps peeled and deveined

Ingredients C

50 gr cabbage sliced
50 gr mustard greens chopped in 5 cm
20 gr carrot cut into julienne
1 tbsp chopped garlic

Seasonings

1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp mushroom powder
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp chili oil

Instructions

Soak the rice vermicelli in a container with hot water. Let it soak for at least 10 minutes until soft. Drain the water, set aside.
Slice the Chinese sausage, fish balls. Set aside with the shrimps.
Cut the cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, and chilis. Set aside.
Heat some oil. Put in the egg. Make soft scrambled eggs. Set aside.
Use the same wok, heat another 2 tbsp oil. Put in minced garlic. Saute until fragrant.
Stir fry chilis. Add in the shrimps, sausages, and fish balls.
Then, add the soft vermicelli. Pour in the seasonings.
Toss in the vegetables. Then stir-fry until the vermicelli is even softer and vegetables change color.
Lastly, add the scrambled eggs. Mix and stir until evenly coated. Turn off the stove.
Serve on a plate. Garnish with minced leeks or coriander leaves.
Boil fresh green chilis and garlic. Blend together and add sugar, salt, mushroom powder, and vinegar. Serve shrimp mei fun with green chilis.