Recipe Tip: Hong Kong-style Drunken Prawns
Top Recipe by Severin Corti. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. Spiced with chilli and ginger, this dish is lip-tinglingly good and quick to cook once the initial prep is done. This recipe is made with frozen prawns but if you are able to get fresh tiger prawns, all the better.
Ingredients
- 24medium tiger prawns, with heads (thawed if frozen)
- 600 mlmijiu (Chinese rice wine)
- 1 tablespoonvegetable oil
- 1thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 clove(s)garlic, finely chopped
- dried, bird's eye chillies
- 1 tablespoonsugar
- 1 handfulcoriander leaves, chopped, to garnish
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
Step 1
Score the prawns along their backs with a sharp knife so that the intestine (which looks like a dark vein) is exposed. Clean under cold running water and pat dry.Step 2
Marinate the prawns in a bowl with the rice wine for 30 minutes.Step 3
Heat the oil in a wok and fry the ginger and garlic over a gentle heat.Step 4
Lift the prawns out of the marinade, increase the heat to high and add the prawns and chillies to the wok.Step 5
Fry, stirring, for 1 minute over maximum heat, then add the rice wine marinade.Step 6
Cook for 1 minute then season with salt, sugar and pepper. Serve piping sprinkled with coriander.Step 7
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