Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns with Crab Recipe

Ingredients

• 45ml/3 tbsp peanut oil

• 3 spring onions, chopped

• 1 sliced ginger root, minced

• 225g/8oz crab meat

• 15ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 30ml/2 tbsp chicken or fish stock

• 15ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp brown sugar

• 5ml/1 tsp wine vinegar

• freshly ground pepper

• 10ml/2 tsp corn-flour

• 225g/8oz peeled prawns

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Method:

1. Heat 30 ml/2 tbsp of oil and fry the spring onions and ginger until lightly browned. Add the crab meat and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

2. Add the wine or sherry, stock, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar and season to taste with pepper. Stir-fry for 3 minutes.

3. Mix the corn-flour with a little water and stir it into the sauce. Simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens.

4. Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a separate pan and stir-fry the prawns for a few minutes until heated through.

5. Arrange the crab mixture on a warmed serving plate and top with the prawns.