Chinese Seafood Recipes - Fried Prawns in Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 1/2 egg, beaten

• 5 ml/1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry salt

• 450 g/1lb peeled prawns

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 1 slice ginger root, minced

• 3 spring onions (scallions), sliced

• 15 ml/1 tbsp fish stock

• 5 ml/1 tsp wine vinegar

• 5 ml/1 tsp sugar

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Method:

1. Mix together the corn-flour, egg, wine or sherry and a pinch of salt to make a batter. Dip the prawns in the batter so that they are lightly coated.

2. Heat the oil and fry the prawns until they are crisp outside. Remove them from the pan and drain off the oil.

3. Heat the sesame oil in the pan, add the prawns, garlic, ginger and spring onions and stir-fry for 3 minutes.

4. Stir in the stock, wine vinegar and sugar, stir well and heat through before serving.