mee bandung (noodles with sweet potato sauce)

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Pon Jumat

This is a Malaysian comfort pasta dish, one that I cook since I moved to the USA when it is cold outside.

(1 rating)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 20 Min

Ingredients For mee bandung (noodles with sweet potato sauce)

  • 1 box
    spaghetti
  • 1/2 lb
    beef
  • 1/4 lb
    jumbo shrimp
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1
    medium sized sweet potato, boiled, remove skin and mash
  • 2 stalk
    chinese cabbage or bok choy, sliced
  • 1
    steak tomato cut into 6 pieces
  • 1
    tofu cut into 6 pieces
  • 1
    fresh red chilies
  • 8 clove
    garlic
  • 1/2
    yellow onion sliced thinly
  • 2 Tbsp
    cooking oil
  • 4 Tbsp
    tomato sauce
  • 2 Tbsp
    roasted peanuts - grinded
  • 2 tsp
    dried shrimp
  • 2 tsp
    salt

How To Make mee bandung (noodles with sweet potato sauce)

  • 1
    Boil the beef and save the broth. Cut the beef into thin slices
  • 2
    Blend the red chilies, garlic and dried shrimp until fine in a blender.
  • 3
    Heat up the oil in a pot, sauté the sliced onion until softened then add the blend of red chilies, garlic and dried shrimp. Stir until thickened and aromatic.
  • 4
    Add the beef broth and simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat.
  • 5
    Add the mashed up sweet potato and the tomato sauce.
  • 6
    Add the grinded peanut and simmer until the oil rises to the top.
  • 7
    Add the sliced beef, tofu, tomatoes and salt, and simmer for 5 minutes
  • 8
    Add the shrimp and simmer for another 5 minutes
  • 9
    Break in 2 eggs, let cook for 3 minutes then turn off heat. Add the Chinese bak choy.
  • 10
    Serve the sauce over noodle

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