Satay bee hoon is a dish invented by
Singaporean
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Ind ...
due to cultural fusion between
Malay or
Javanese with the
Teochew people who immigrated to Singapore.
Satay bee hoon sauce is a
chilli-based
peanut
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small and ...
sauce very similar to the one served with
satay
Satay ( , in USA also , ), or sate in Indonesian spelling, is a Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce. The earliest preparations of satay is believed to have originated in Javanese cuisine, but ...
. The
satay sauce is spread on top of rice
vermicelli.
Ingredient
The main ingredient of satay bee hoon is satay sauce.
Cuttlefish,
kang kong,
bean sprouts,
pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE.
Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...
slices,
prawns and
cockles can be added to the vermicelli before spreading the sauce.
See also
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Ketoprak
''Ketoprak'' ( jv, ꧋ꦏꦺꦛꦺꦴꦥꦿꦏ꧀, Kethoprak) is a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan. It draws its stories from Javanese history and romances and in this differs from ...
, a similar dish from Jakarta, Indonesia, that contains rice vermicelli, rice cake, tofu and beansprouts in peanut sauce.
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Cuisine of Singapore
Singaporean cuisine is derived from several ethnic groups in Singapore and has developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes in the cosmopolitan city-state.
Influences include the cuisines of the Malays, the Chinese ...
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Peanut sauce
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List of peanut dishes
This is a list of peanut dishes and foods that are prepared using peanuts or peanut butter as a primary ingredient. Peanuts are also referred to as groundnuts.
Dishes and foods
* Ants on a log – a snack made by spreading peanut butter, cr ...
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Rice noodles
References
External links
Asian food recipe - satay beehoon recipe
Singaporean cuisine
Chinese noodle dishes
Peanut dishes
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