Quick XO Sauce

Name: Quick XO Sauce
Ingredients: 1 onion, finely diced; 3 carrots, peeled and finely chopped; 300 g fresh prawns, peeled; 45 g sesame oil; 30 g fish sauce; 15 g soy sauce; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 100 g best quality ham, diced; 2 green chillies, thinly sliced; 2 g white pepper; 10 g sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Catalogued Ideas and Random Thoughts

By Stuart Ralston

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

300 g fresh prawns, peeled
45 g sesame oil
1 onion<

Edinburgh
Sauce

Method

Devein the prawns, then chop them into 1cm pieces.

Heat a large wok or frying pan until hot on a high heat and add the oil. Add the onion and carrot and fry, stirring until they start to colour, then add the garlic and ham and stir-fry for a minute more. Add the prawns and stir-fry for 1 minute or until they turn pink, then add the fish sauce, soy, sugar, pepper and chillies.