Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns in Lobster Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 5 ml/1 tsp minced black beans

• 100 g/4 oz minced (ground) pork

• 450 g/1lb peeled prawns

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups chicken stock

• 30 ml/2 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar

• 2 spring onions (scallions), chopped

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the garlic and black beans until the garlic is until lightly browned. Add the pork and fry until browned.

2. Add the prawns and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the sherry, cover and simmer for 1 minute.

3. Add the stock and corn-flour, bring to the boil, stirring, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the eggs, stirring all the time so that they form into threads.

4. Add the soy sauce, salt, sugar and spring onions and simmer for a few minutes before serving.