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Sambal Prawn Stirfry with Asian Greens

Spicy prawn stirfry with South East Asian origins. Serve with rice. Recipe by George.

Dinner
Intermediate
Time 1 Hr
Skill Level Intermediate

Ingredients List

Serves 4
  • 1-2 cloves garlic
  • 1 stem ginger
  • 1.5 cup soy sauce (low salt)
  • 1.5 dessertspoons Japanese rice wine vinegar
  • 1.5 dessertspoons sambal olek
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tsp cornflour
  • 500-700 g king prawns
  • 1 handful snow peas
  • 1 handful asian greens (of your choice: bok choy, choy sum, etc)
  • 1 cup brown rice
Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

  1. Mix soy sauce, sambal, sugar, rice wine vinegar, cornflour and blend together.
  2. Marinate prawns in this before cooking.
  3. Prepare rice as usual and allow to absorb water.
  4. 20 minutes before rice is ready, dry fry garlic and ginger (with a touch of water) and add snow peas.
  5. Add prawns and marinade.
  6. Prepare Asian greens separately until they lose volume (steam or stirfry in a little water).
  7. Mix in with prawns and toss together.

A sambal is an Indonesean or Malaysian hot sauce made with chilis and other ingredients such as vinegar water and shrimp paste . Please note sambal olek would fall into the ‘amber’ category ie may be used little and not too often. You can substitute with chili paste or chili sauce like Tabasco or MSG-free Siracha, make sure to avoid oil in the chili sauce.