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Shaoxing Rice Wine Prawns

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Ken Hom's Hot Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 1996

  • About

Shaoxing or yellow wine is a fragrant, mellow, rich wine that gives seafood a special taste and aromatic flavour. River prawns in Eastern China are sometimes cooked in Shaoxing rice wine in a simple recipe that produces a delicious treat.

This dish makes a good opener for any meal.

Ingredients

  • 450 g (1 lb) raw prawns
  • 1 tablespoon groundnut oil

Method

Peel the prawns and, if you are using large uncooked ones, cut them to remove the fine digestive cord. Wash them and pat them dry with kitchen paper.

Heat a wok or large frying-pan over a high heat until it is hot. Add the oil and, when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the garlic, ginger, spring onions and chilli and stir-fry for 10 seconds. Then add the prawns and continue to s

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