Zesty Chile Tiger Prawns

This stir-fry is full of flavour and can be served up in a matter of minutes. The dish was inspired by all the cheap and cheerful seafood places in Hong Kong that I visited, where some of the most amazing seafood was served! I was particularly taken with a garlic prawn dish I ate - the prawns were butterflied (cut in half down the middle of the spine), topped with generous amounts of butter, garlic and spring onions and steamed. My tangy chilli and garlic prawns is inspired by that memorable dish. Make sure you buy raw tiger prawns because if you buy cooked, they will be too chewy when cooked again in this dish.

Recipe courtesy Ching-He Huang, 2008
Show: Chinese Food Made Easy Episode: Spicy Sichuan

Photo: Zesty Chile Tiger Prawns

TOTAL TIME: 20 min
Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 5 min
 
YIELD: 2 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons groundnut oil
  • 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 medium red chile, finely chopped
  • 7 ounces raw Tiger (jumbo shrimp) or King prawns (langoustines), shelled and deveined
  • 1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 3 ounces French beans ( green beans), chopped into 1/2-inch lengths
  • Pinch sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried chile flakes
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Directions

Heat a wok or pan over a high heat, and add the groundnut oil. Add the garlic, and chiles, and stir-fry for a few seconds. Then, add the prawns, rice wine or sherry, and the lime juice, and stir-fry until the prawns start to turn pink.

Add the French beans, and mix together. When the prawns have all turned pink, season with the salt, and chile flakes, and serve immediately.

Per serving: Calories 378; Total Fat 16 grams; Saturated Fat 2 grams; Protein 23 grams; Total Carbohydrate 35 grams; Sugar: 2 grams; Fiber 11.5 grams; Cholesterol 125 milligrams; Sodium 693 milligrams;

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  • on March 31, 2012

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    This recipe is easy to make and low in calories. But it is blend and the raw taste of the green beens were the downside of this recipe.

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