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Rich Singaporean Seafood Pao Fan Recipe
Try our pao fan recipe for the ultimate Singaporean comfort dish. Pao fan is a rice dish submerged in a delicious broth and is served with seafood like prawns, egg floss and crispy rice. Everything added to the pao fan comes together perfectly; not one ingredient overpowers the other. An easy dish to make at home, give this hearty recipe a go!
Meal: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisines: Singaporean
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Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients
For seafood broth:
- 200g chicken feet
- 2 tbsp oil
- 300g prawn heads and shells
- 30g dried anchovies
- 1 onion
- 5-6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 2cm ginger
- 1.5l water
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
For crispy rice:
- Oil to fry
- 100g cooked rice
For egg floss:
- Oil to fry
- 2 eggs, beaten
For fried fish:
- 230g fish fillets
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- Oil to fry
Other ingredients:
- 8-10 prawns
- 100g bok choy
- 250g cooked rice
For soy sauce chilli dip:
- 2-3 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 bird's eye chilli, chopped
Equipment
- 1 soup pot
- 1 strainer
- 1 wok
- A pair of chopsticks
- Paper towels
- 3 bowls
Directions
For the broth:
- Boil the chicken feet in a soup pot until the blood has cooked off. Remove from the chicken and set aside. Wash the soup pot.
- In a soup pot, heat the oil and fry the prawn head and shells. Fry them until they turn orange and the liquid is gone.
- Add the boiled chicken feet, dried anchovies, onion, garlic, ginger and water to the soup pot. Boil on low heat for 1 hour.
- Strain the soup to remove the solid ingredients. Season with salt and sugar.
For crispy rice:
- Heat a lot of oil in the wok and add the cooked rice.
- Deep fry the rice over medium heat until they turn golden brown. Use chopsticks to break apart the rice.
- When the rice is crispy, remove it from the oil and drain it on paper towels.
For egg floss:
- In the same wok used for the crispy rice, heat the oil and stir it in one direction with chopsticks. While swirling the oil, slowly pour in the beaten eggs.
- Remove the eggs from the oil when cooked and drain them on paper towels.
For fried fish:
- Marinade the fish with salt and pepper.
- Coat the fish with cornstarch. Heat the oil again and deep fry the fish in the same wok.
- Once the fish is crispy, remove the fish and drain it on paper towels.
Assembly:
- Boil 8 to 10 prawns in the soup pot and blanch the bok choy.
- Add the 250g of cooked rice to the serving bowls. Arrange the prawns, fried fish, eggs, bok choy and crispy rice on top. Pour the broth.
- Serve with the soy sauce chilli sip.
Other Delicious Toppings
Customise our pao fan recipe to suit your palate. Every family has their own recipe for delicious pao fan, but there really are no fixed ingredients to add to your pao fan dish. For the meat, you can use simple ingredients like fish or shrimp or make your dish fancier by adding abalone, lobster, and other types of seafood. If you want a healthier meal, you can add a variety of vegetables. Examples include carrots, white radish, tomatoes, cabbage and scallions.