Chinese Seafood Recipes - Sweet and Sour Prawns with Croutons Recipe

Ingredients

• oil for deep-frying

• 8 slices stale bread, cubed

• 1 spring onion (scallion), chopped

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 1 slice ginger root, chopped

• 350 g/12 oz peeled prawns

• 75 ml/5 tbsp brown sugar

• 75 ml/5 tbsp wine vinegar

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

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• 10 ml/2 tsp soy sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the bread cubes until golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain well.

2. Pour off all but 30 ml/2 tbsp of the oil. Reheat the oil and fry the onion, garlic and ginger until lightly browned.

3. Add the prawns, sugar and wine vinegar and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the corn-flour, water, soy sauce and wine or sherry and stir-fry for 3 minutes.

4. Return the croutons to the pan and stir together well before serving.