Chinese Seafood Recipes - Prawns with Long Life Noodles

Ingredients

• 4 Pacific prawns

• pinch each salt, sugar and V e-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• 1 1/2 teaspoons corn-flour

• water

• 4 inside leaves of cos lettuce

• 2 oz. parboiled 'long life' noodles

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 slice fresh ginger

• 1/4 pint (U.S. 5/8 cup) chicken stock

• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

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Method:

1. Shell and trim the prawns. After removing the black intestinal lines, cut the prawns diagonally into pieces 3/4 inch long.

2. Sprinkle them with the seasonings, 1/2 teaspoon corn-flour and 1 teaspoon water and work well into the prawns; leave while proceeding with the rest of the dish.

3. Cut the lettuce into thin strips, pour boiling water over them, leave for 5 minutes and then drain. Boil the noodles for 4-5 minutes and drain them.

4. Put the oil in a frying-pan. Add the crushed ginger and garlic and heat. When the garlic becomes a golden color discard it and the ginger. Fry the prawn pieces for 3 minutes, tossing and moving them about.

5. Add the noodles and move them about for 1 minute, then add the stock. Cook together for 4 minutes. Add the lettuce and soy sauce and boil up. Lastly, add 1 teaspoon corn-flour, blended with 1 dessertspoon water, and cook all for 1 1/2 minutes.