Authentic Mee Ka Tee Coconut Noodle Soup
Learn all about how to make authentic Mee Ka Tee, a Lao and Thai coconut noodle with pork recipe. This is a delicious noodle soup that has the flavor of coconut with a beautiful balance of flavor that provides a hearty meal.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 package of vermicelli noodles, prepared
- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons of palm sugar
- 3 tablespoons of whole soybean sauce
- 2 tablespoons of granulated white sugar
- 3 tablespoons of fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 1 tablespoons of tamarind paste
- 1 can of coconut cream
- 1 lb of ground pork
- 3 eggs
- 1 can of curry
- 6 Kaffir Lime Leaves
- dry roasted peanuts, crushed
- 1 banana peel
- shredded cabbage
- bean sprouts
- Thai Basil
- cilantro
- shredded lettuce
- mint
- lime wedges
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the vermicelli noodles according to package instructions and set aside with a damp cloth covering it to keep it from hardening.
- 2
In a soup pot, heat up the cooking oil and add in the curry paste.
- 3
Slowly pour in 1/4 cup of the coconut cream and continue stirring the curry paste until the sauce blends together. Continue slowly adding in the coconut cream until the curry and cream are blended together.
- 4
In a bowl, beat the eggs together. Carefully pour the eggs into the pot, allowing the mixture to continue melding together. The goal is to avoid chunks of cooked eggs, you'll want the eggs to thread or create long strings in the soup.
- 5
Next, add in the ground pork. When the pork is halfway cooked through, add in the palm sugar, whole soybean sauce, sugar, fish sauce, tamarind paste, and salt. Add the kaffir lime leaves.
- 6
Allow it to simmer for 45 minutes. The serving size is as much noodles as you want. When placing the noodles in the bowl, it's generally about two handfuls.
- 7
To serve, put the vermicelli noodles into a serving bowl. Ladle the broth into the bowl with the pork meat.
- 8
Add the garnish of crushed roasted peanuts, cabbage, bean sprouts, banana flower, Thai basil, cilantro, shredded lettuce, and mint. Squeeze a lime over all of it and serve.