Chinese Seafood Recipes
Prawn Dishes
Here are a couple of chinese seafood recipes - both using prawns (shrimp)and simple to make.
Chinese Braised Prawns
1lb (450g)cooked and peeled prawns
21/2 fl oz(70ml)stock or water
2 tspns rice wine (dry sherry will do)
1/4 tspn salt
2 tspns sugar
1 tspn cider vinegar
2 spring onions (scallions)chopped
1" (2.5cm) piece fresh ginger, grated
1/2 tspn cornflour
Blend the cornflour to a smooth paste with 1 tspn of the water.
Put all the ingredients (apart from the prawns) into a large frying pan - as it's Chinese you might as well use a wok - and bring to the boil.
Simmer for 2 minutes, add the prawns, heat through and serve immediately.
Lovely with rice and a stir fried vegetable.
Sweet and Sour Prawns(Shrimp)
1lb (450g) peeled cooked prawns
4 oz (100g) sliced canned water chestnuts
small red or green pepper, diced
2 spring onions (scallion) sliced
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
oil for frying
21/2 fl oz (70ml) stock or water
1 tbspn rice wine (dry sherry will do)
2 tspns soy sauce
1 tbspn tomato puree
1 tbspn cider vinegar
1 tbspn sugar
2 tspns cornflour (blend with 2 tspns water)
Heat a large frying pan or wok. When it's hot, add about 1 tbspn oil.
Add the garlic and spring onions and stir fry for about 30 seconds.
Add the pepper and stir fry a further 30 seconds.
Add the sauce ingredients, bring to the boil and simmer for about 4 minutes.
Add the water chestnuts and prawns, heat through for about 1 minute and serve immediately.
Plain boiled rice is good with this.
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