Stir-Fried Prawns with Chinese Chives & Chilli

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    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Neil Perry

Published 2008

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This is simple and delicious; the chives and garlic add a wonderful flavour, and the complexity of the vinegar, chilli and sesame really makes this divine. It is worth chasing down the yellow Chinese chives if you can — they’re more subtle and sweet than the green and thus add an extra dimension. If you can’t, don’t panic. The yellow chives are actually blanched, like white asparagus, which means that they’ve been covered and don’t photosynthesise with sunlight, so they don’t turn green. If