Sweet and Sour Prawns Stir Fry Recipe
Tender juicy fried shrimp tossed in a delicious sweet and sour sauce with vegetables.
Yield: 4 persons
Materials
- 12 to 15 Prawns, cleaned and deveined
- 4 tbsp Cornflour
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Salt to taste
- 1 Cucumber, de-seeded and cut into big cubes
- 1 Red or yellow Bell pepper chuck into big pieces.
Sweet and Sour Sauce Ingredients
- 4 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 2 tbsp Red Chilli Sauce
- ½ tsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt to taste
Instructions
How to make Sweet and Sour Prawns
- Marinate prawns with egg, salt and cornflour and then deep fry them and set aside.
- In the same wok or pan, remove all the oil and retain only a teaspoon if you like.
- Add in the tomato ketchup and red chilli sauce. Stir fry for 30 seconds on medium heat and add salt, sugar and 1/4 cup of cornflour slurry. To make the cornflour slurry, dissolve a teaspoon of cornstarch into 1/4 cup of water.
- Add Soy sauce, vinegar and stir on a medium to low flame
- Add water, approximately 1/4 cup depending on how thick or thin you want the sauce to be.
- Add the cut vegetables and let them simmer in the sweet and sour sauce for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Finally, drop in the fried prawn and toss them well in the sauce along with the vegetables till they are well coated and then switch off the flame.
- Sweet and Sour Prawns Stir Fry gets done in minutes.
Notes
- Double fry the prawn for a crispy coating.
- Adjust sauce ingredients to suit your taste.
- Serve hot with rice or noodles.