I made this chilli prawn dish (辣椒虾)today, added some "ABC" extra-hot chilli sauce. It was so spicy that my hubby said he can literally spew fire. So we had a fire-spewing dragon at home! Guess it was too spicy for him, I personally felt that it was spicy too. But I only have 1 type of chilli sauce at home, and it happened to be "extra-hot", guess I should have reduced the chilli sauce and upped the ketchup instead for this recipe.
For those who love chilli prawns, here is the recipe I adapted from Violet Fenying. (Her recipe blog has ceased to exist since Mar 2010).
(Serving for 3 persons)
Ingredients A (chopped)
Garlic : 6 cloves
Ginger: 2 slices
Red Chilli : 2 pieces
Ingredients B
Prawns : 600g (shelled)
Ingredients C (mix well)
Chilli sauce : 2 tbsp
Ketchup : 3 tbsp
White pepper : ¼ tsp
Oyster sauce : 2 tbsp
Sesame oil : ½ tbsp
Vinegar : 1 tbsp
Sugar : 1 tbsp
Water : ½ cup
Ingredients D (mix well)
Corn flour : 1 tbsp
Water : 2 tbsp
Ingredient E
Egg : 1
Ingredient F
Spring onion : own preference
METHOD
1. Heat up 3 tbsp of oil, sauté Ingredients A till fragrant.
2. Toss in prawns, stir fry till fragrant.
3. Pour in Ingredients C, mix well.
4. Add in Ingredients D to thicken the sauce.
5. Stir in egg, mix well.
6. (Optional) Add spring onion, stir well, dish up and serve.
At the same time, I also did a quick stir-fry with whatever vegetables I could rummage from my fridge. Beans, carrots and courgette basically plus some minced garlic and shreds of ginger. Seasoned with a pinch of salt & sugar, soya sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine. Fry here fry there, and voila, the 2 dishes were ready simultaneously in 5 minutes time. I am glad that I have become more efficient over time. :)
For those who love chilli prawns, here is the recipe I adapted from Violet Fenying. (Her recipe blog has ceased to exist since Mar 2010).
(Serving for 3 persons)
Ingredients A (chopped)
Garlic : 6 cloves
Ginger: 2 slices
Red Chilli : 2 pieces
Ingredients B
Prawns : 600g (shelled)
Ingredients C (mix well)
Chilli sauce : 2 tbsp
Ketchup : 3 tbsp
White pepper : ¼ tsp
Oyster sauce : 2 tbsp
Sesame oil : ½ tbsp
Vinegar : 1 tbsp
Sugar : 1 tbsp
Water : ½ cup
Ingredients D (mix well)
Corn flour : 1 tbsp
Water : 2 tbsp
Ingredient E
Egg : 1
Ingredient F
Spring onion : own preference
METHOD
1. Heat up 3 tbsp of oil, sauté Ingredients A till fragrant.
2. Toss in prawns, stir fry till fragrant.
3. Pour in Ingredients C, mix well.
4. Add in Ingredients D to thicken the sauce.
5. Stir in egg, mix well.
6. (Optional) Add spring onion, stir well, dish up and serve.
At the same time, I also did a quick stir-fry with whatever vegetables I could rummage from my fridge. Beans, carrots and courgette basically plus some minced garlic and shreds of ginger. Seasoned with a pinch of salt & sugar, soya sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine. Fry here fry there, and voila, the 2 dishes were ready simultaneously in 5 minutes time. I am glad that I have become more efficient over time. :)