Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns Chop Suey Recipe

Ingredients

• 60 ml/4 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 2 spring onions (scallions), chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 slice ginger root, chopped

• 225 g/8 oz peeled prawns

• 100 g/4 oz frozen peas

• 100 g/4 oz button mushrooms, halves

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 5 ml/1 tsp sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp salt

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

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Method:

1. Heat 45 ml/3 tbsp of oil and fry the spring onions, garlic and ginger until lightly browned.

2. Add the prawns and stir-fry for 1 minute. Remove from the pan. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the peas and mushrooms for 3 minutes.

3. Add the prawns, soy sauce, wine or sherry, sugar and salt and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

4. Mix the corn-flour with a little water, stir it into the pan and simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens.