Prawns Stir-fried in Soy Sauce

Name: Prawns Stir-fried in Soy Sauce
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon cornflour; 2 tablespoons water; 4 tablespoons light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 600 g or 1 pound 5 ounces large prawns (shrimps); 1 tablespoon sugar; 600 g or 1 pound 5 ounces large prawns (shrimps)

Preparation info

Makes
6
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen

By Sharon Wee

Published 2012

About

A tip my mother used to keep prawns (shrimps) ‘fresh’ in the refrigerator or freezer was to add sugar to a bag of prawns (shrimps) beforehand.

This soy sauce concoction can also be used with chicken wings or squid.

Ingredients

600 g or 1 pound 5 ounces large prawns (shrimps)

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Rinse the prawns and pat dry. Marinate with the sugar, light soy sauce and oyster sauce for at least 15 minutes.
Add the water to the cornflour, a bit at a time, to form a slurry.
Heat a sauté pan and add the vegetable oil. When the oil is glistening, fry the prawns until fully cooked. Add some slurry to thicken the sauce. Season with salt according t