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'Yiu Bao' King Prawns

'Yiu Bao' King Prawns

“This is a very popular, traditional Shanghainese dish.” David Zhou, David’s (Prahran)

Ingredients

  • King Prawns 500g
  • Spring Onion 5 pieces (cut into 5cm long)
  • Ginger slice 5 pieces (cut into 2 – 3mm thick)

Seasonings

  • Soy sauce 2 tablespoons
  • White sugar 2 tablespoons
  • Shaoxing rice wine 2 tablespoons
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Method

  1. Wash the Prawns well.
  2. Heat 1 litre of oil; add prawns until their skin colour has changed. Drain well.
  3. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil. Add ginger, spring onion and Shaoxing wine and fry for 1 minute.
  4. Add prawns, soy sauce and sugar and fry for 2 minutes. Remove and dish up.
  5. You can put some coriander on the top of the dish for decoration.
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Recipe courtesy of David Zhou (David’s Restaurant) for Centro Box Hill