Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns with Tomatoes Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 2 slices ginger root, minced

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 15ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 6 ml/4 tbsp tomato ketchup (catsup)

• 120 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup fish stock

• 350 g/12 oz peeled prawns

• 10 ml/2 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and stir-fry the garlic, ginger and salt for 2 minutes.

2. Add the wine or sherry, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and stock and bring to the boil. Add the prawns, cover and simmer for 2 minutes.

3. Mix the corn-flour and water to a paste, stir it into the pan and simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens.