Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns with Almonds Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz almonds

• 225 g/g oz large unpeeled prawns

• 2 slices ginger root, minced

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 2 cloves garlic

• 2 stalks celery, chopped

• 5 ml/1 tsp soy sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

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Method:

1. Toast the almonds in a dry pan until lightly browned then put to one side. Peel the prawns, leaving on the tails, and cut in half lengthways to the tail.

2. Mix with the ginger, corn-flour and salt. Heat the oil and fry the garlic until lightly browned then discard the garlic.

3. Add the celery, soy sauce, wine or sherry and water to the pan and bring to the boil.

4. Add the prawns and stir-fry until heated through. Serve sprinkled with toasted almonds.