Sweet and Sour Prawns
posted in Fish and other SeaFood recipes |During the weekend marketing, do buy some medium size prawns and keep in the refrigerator
for frying vegetables during the busy weekdays. You can clean and devein the prawns and
put in containers for future use. In this way, you can cook a stir-fry dish in about half an hour or so.
Ingredients:
300 gm prawns, defrost if frozen
1 tablespoon flour
1 small onion,sliced thinly
2 tablespoon ripe tomato, cut in wedges
2 tablespoon pineapple wedges
1 tablespon green sweet pepper, diced
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 a red chilli, pounded into paste
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
2 tablespoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoon wine vinegar
1 teaspoon cornflour and 1 tablespoon water to mix
Method:
Mix the prawns in flour and set aside. Heat the wok until very hot and quickly fry the
prawns for a minute. Dish out the prawns and fry the onion for a second. Add in the chilli
paste and continue to fry till fragrant. Pour in the chicken stock, sugar and vinegar and cornflour mixture.
Bring to the boil and add tomatoes, green pepper and pineapple wedges. Heat
through and add in the prawns, salt and peper to taste. Stir to mix and heat through.
Serve hot.
