Free Chinese Recipes

Ingredients

• 675-800 g (1 1/2 - 1 3/4 lb) large prawns (about 10-12)
• 15 ml (1 tablespoon) salt
• 2 slices root ginger
• 12 ml (3/4 tablespoon) vegetable oil
• 2 stalks spring onion
• 60 ml (4 tablespoons) lard (use oil if not available)
• 2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) sugar
• 22 ml (1 1/2 tablespoons) soy sauce
• 22 ml (1 1/2 tablespoons) tangerine juice
• 22 ml (1 1/2 tablespoons) stock
• 30 ml (2 tablespoons) sherry

Serve 4-6

** Free Chinese Recipes **

Method:

1. Clean and trim the prawns; remove the heads and entrails but leave tails and rest of shells attached. Rinse thoroughly and dry them. Cut each prawn into 2 sections. Rub them with salt, minced ginger and oil. Chop the spring onions.

2. Heat the lard in a frying pan. Add the prawns, turn and stir them a few times, and fry for 1 minute. Stir and turn once more, and leave to fry again for a second minute.

3. Pour away excess fat, and remove the prawns from the pan. Add the sugar, soy sauce, stock and tangerine juice to the pan.

4. Sprinkle them with the spring onion and mix them with the sauce for about 45 seconds. Pour on sauce and serve immediately.