Sweet Chilli Prawn Recipe | Chinese stir-fry | by Delicious Sweet aroma

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Sweet Chilli Prawns

I know there are many ingredients that include in Sweet Chilli Prawn recipe, but not all are required. You can still prepare this recipe with few sauces like the soya sauce and tomato sauce. They are always in my pantry for delicious stir-fry dishes as these.

This dish is mildly spicy, and in order to find these ingredients, the first place I recommend is your local international food market. The key ingredient for the spice in my recipe is the red-chili paste. It can turn up the heat and can be used for any seafood recipes like fish, prawns, squids etc.

Preparation time: 15 minutes (excluding cleaning prawns)

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

Large prawns – 250 g , tips & legs removed

Ginger – 1 inch, finely chopped

Garlic – 2 big. finely chopped

Onions – 1 medium, chopped

Red pepper/Bell pepper – 1, cut into 1 inch

Spring onion (whites & greens) – 1/4 cup, set aside for garnish as well

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Red chili paste / Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp

Vinegar – 1 tsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Tomato sauce – 1 tbsp

Sweet chili sauce – 1 tbsp

Light soya sauce – 2 tbsp

Cornflour mixed in 1/4 cup of water

For Marinade:

Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tsp

Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 tsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Egg – 1

Light soya sauce – 1 tbsp

Cornflour – 3 tbsp

Directions

1. Season the prawns with the ingredients under marinade: ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder, salt, egg, soya sauce and cornflour. Mix and set aside for 15 – 30 mins.

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In the meantime, prepare the rest of the ingredients.

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2. Toss the prawns in a heated pan of olive oil. Stir-fry for 4-5 mins on high until they are lightly brown. Remove from and set aside in a plate.

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3. In the same pan with 1 tsp of oil. Put ginger and garlic and stir-fry for 1 min on high. Add the onions and fry till it turns translucent. Add red peppers, spring onions, pepper powder. Mix together.

Now, add all the sauces and pastes except for cornflour. Mix together and fry for 2 minutes.

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4. Add prawns and cornflour liquid. Reduce heat to medium and stir again gently to coat. Cover and cook for 2-4 minutes keeping an eye.

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Cornflour liquid for better texture | Sweet chilli Prawn

Garnish with spring onions.

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Coconut Shrimp Fry

Flower Crab Curry

Spicy Clam Recipe

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Prawn with Coconut Milk

I’m so glad to be posting again. My first post of the year with fresh white prawns, all time favorite!

I prepare prawns with coconut milk quiet often, so I don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. It’s goes well with rice , bread or rice pancakes which I have posted earlier. If you can find fresh prawns at your local stores it’s a must try recipe with coconut milk. From my previous experience frozen prawns do not give a flavored taste as much as the fresh prawns do. I made use of a spice powder called Chicken sukka powder, believe me, this recipe tastes delicious with this ingredient. Even if you don’t have it you can substitute it with fish curry powder or any prawn spice powder. It’s available at the Asian stores if you have trouble finding.

Happy New Year! 🙂 🙂

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Makes: 6 servings

Ingredients

Ghee or vegetable oil – 2 tbsp

White fresh prawns – 325 g, deshell deveined

Onions – 1 medium, chopped

Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tsp

Potatoes – 4 small/2 medium, peeled & chopped

Green chili – 1

Tomatoes – 1 large, chopped

Chicken Sukka powder – 1 1/2 tbsp (trust me!)

Fish curry powder – 1 tsp

Coconut powder / Milk – 50 g powder or 3/4 cup milk (powder mixed in 1 cup water until dissolved)

Coriander powder – 3/4 tsp

Cumin powder – 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt

Coriander leaves for garnish

Directions

1. To the deshelled prawns sprinkle salt and set aside.

fresh white prawns

2. Heat a large deep container with ghee or oil on medium heat. Add onions. Fry until translucent or lightly brown. Add ginger-garlic paste. Stir fry for a couple of seconds.

onions

onions, ginger-garlic

3. Add green chili and potatoes. Stir fry for a minute. Add tomatoes, 1/4 tsp salt, mix and cover. Let the tomatoes get mushy, stir frequently so it doesn’t get burnt.

onions, ginger-garlic & chili

tomatoes, potatoes , onions, ginger-garlic & chili

4. Next, add chicken powder, fish powder. Mix well and stir fry for a minute.

Chicken sukka powder for prawn curry

masala for the prawn curry

5. Pour coconut milk, 2 cups of water and salt. Mix. Add coriander, cumin and turmeric powder.

coconut milk added to the masala

6. Cover and cook till it boils. Check if potatoes are cooked by piercing a fork. Check salt. If necessary add more salt.

7. Add prawns. Mix and cook until it boils. Switch off the heat. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

fresh prawn with coconut milk & spices

Prawn curry

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Prawn Fried Rice Recipe

A quick and easy one pot rice recipe is the Fried Rice. I picked up this recipe from my sis-in-law back then when I used to visit them in a countryside. This is almost exactly her recipe.

It is a great way to use left over rice or prepare it quickly for many servings.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes (plus cooking rice 20 mins)

Ingredients

Oil – Vegetable/Olive

Vegetables:

Green bell pepper – 1

Red bell pepper – 1

Green beans – 1/2 cup

Carrots – 1/2 cup

For the rice:

Cooked rice – 1 cup, (I used freshly cooked rice, you can also use left-over rice)

Ground black pepper – 1 tsp

Sweet chili sauce – 2 tbsp

Chicken stock – 1 cube, mixed in warm water

Spring onion – 1/2 cup, chopped

Prawns – 1 cup, whole or halved (I cut them into halves)

pepper powder – pinch (for prawn)

Red chili powder – pinch (for prawn)

Egg – 2, lightly beaten with addition of a pinch of salt

Salt

Directions

1. Cut the ingredients into uniform size for an easy stir-fry. Set them aside.

bell-pepper

green beans, carrots

prawns

2. Heat a wok or deep pan with 1 tsp of oil.Swirl the pan to coat the pan evenly. To determine the wok is hot enough flick droplets of water, they will evaporate in a matter of seconds (make sure not to overheat). Now, its ready to stir-fry the ingredients.

3. Stir Fry:

Add the beaten eggs, stir-fry and scramble using a wooden spatula for 1- 2 minutes. Transfer it on a large plate.

eggs

Then add the carrots and green beans. Fry till tender crisp, for couple of minutes (I fried this separately as it takes longer time to be crispy-tender). Transfer into the same plate containing eggs.

Then, stir-fry peppers until tender crisp. Transfer to the plate.

Do the same for prawns, add 1/4 tsp salt, pepper powder, red chili powder, stir-fry on high till it turns slightly brown. Set it aside in the plate.

Prawn stir-fry

prawn, bell-pepper, green beans, carrots, egg

Stir-fry mixture

4. Heat the wok with 1 tbsp oil, set it on low heat. Add a little portion of the above stir-fry mixture and a slight portion of cooked rice, 1 tbsp sweet chili sauce, add half of the stock . Mix lightly.

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Chicken stock

Then with rest of stir-fried mixture, rest of the rice add remaining stock . Mix to combine everything.

Fried Rice

Garnish with spring onion.

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5. Serve hot. Can be served with sweet chili sauce.

Fried Rice

Note:

*For left over cold rice, add 1 tbsp oil, stir through to split the rice grains for a couple of minutes until heated. Add the stir-fried mixture and follow the steps as mentioned ion step 4.

*If you do not have let over rice. Prepare an hour in advance and spread it over a pan or refrigerate to cool faster.

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Sweet Chilli Prawns

Ingredients

Directions

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Prawn with Coconut Milk

Ingredients

Directions

Prawn Fried Rice Recipe

Ingredients

Oil – Vegetable/Olive

Vegetables:

Green bell pepper – 1

Red bell pepper – 1

Green beans – 1/2 cup

Carrots – 1/2 cup

For the rice:

Cooked rice – 1 cup, (I used freshly cooked rice, you can also use left-over rice)

Ground black pepper – 1 tsp

Sweet chili sauce – 2 tbsp

Chicken stock – 1 cube, mixed in warm water

Spring onion – 1/2 cup, chopped

Prawns – 1 cup, whole or halved (I cut them into halves)

pepper powder – pinch (for prawn)

Red chili powder – pinch (for prawn)

Egg – 2, lightly beaten with addition of a pinch of salt

Salt

Directions

1. Cut the ingredients into uniform size for an easy stir-fry. Set them aside.

2. Heat a wok or deep pan with 1 tsp of oil.Swirl the pan to coat the pan evenly. To determine the wok is hot enough flick droplets of water, they will evaporate in a matter of seconds (make sure not to overheat). Now, its ready to stir-fry the ingredients.

3. Stir Fry:

Add the beaten eggs, stir-fry and scramble using a wooden spatula for 1- 2 minutes. Transfer it on a large plate.

Then add the carrots and green beans. Fry till tender crisp, for couple of minutes (I fried this separately as it takes longer time to be crispy-tender). Transfer into the same plate containing eggs.

Then, stir-fry peppers until tender crisp. Transfer to the plate.

Do the same for prawns, add 1/4 tsp salt, pepper powder, red chili powder, stir-fry on high till it turns slightly brown. Set it aside in the plate.

4. Heat the wok with 1 tbsp oil, set it on low heat. Add a little portion of the above stir-fry mixture and a slight portion of cooked rice, 1 tbsp sweet chili sauce, add half of the stock . Mix lightly.

.

Then with rest of stir-fried mixture, rest of the rice add remaining stock . Mix to combine everything.

Garnish with spring onion.

5. Serve hot. Can be served with sweet chili sauce.

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