Sunday, July 21, 2013

BLACK PEPPER PRAWNS



My hubby and children loves to eat prawns,this dishes is from my indonesia cookbook. The first time I am cooking this dishes.Lately  I took out all the stack of cookbook to read through pages by pages.
Some I have bookmark down.If you like black pepper flavour,try  it.

BLACK PEPPER PRAWNS

Ingredients;
500g prawns
6 small chilli padi (diced)
1tbsp ground black pepper
1 tsp cooking wine
1 tbsp butter
2 tsp finely chopped shallot
2 tbsps deep fried shrimps ( crushed0

seasoning
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp chicken stock
1/4 water

Method.
1.Trim prawns. Dust prawns with cornstarch before deep frying.
2. Heat a large amount of oil until hot. Put in prawns and deep fry for a minute. drain.
3. Heat 2 tbsp of oil. Pour in shallot,garlic,dried shrimp,red chillis and black pepper and stir fry.
   Return prawns to wok. Sprinkle wine. Add seasoning and stir fry until cooked. Put in butter and stir
   fry further. Cover the lid and cook for 1 min. serve .

Cooking tips
The oil used for deep frying prawns must be boiling hot or the prawns will turn bad and mushy,thus affecting the taste of the dish.

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