Salt And Pepper Prawns Recipe

Salt and pepper prawns is one of my favourite dishes and absolutely love them. Here is a pretty easy recipe for salt and pepper prawns.


Ingredients:

500g fresh prawns
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp celery powder
1 tbsp chicken stock powder
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp five spice powder
2 tbsp self raising flour
1 tbsp oil
Corn flour
Vegetable oil, for deep frying
4 green shallots, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped
2 tsp Shaoxing wine
Five Spice mix

How to cook

I would suggest buying some fresh uncooked prawns and remove the shells rather than buying the shelled ones that are from overseas and may have been defrosting for some time…

Remember to de-vein the prawn and remove the prawns digestive tract. I use a handy tool called the ezy Aussie prawn peeler which you can pick up from King of Knives. The great thing about the prawn peeler is that it removes the shell and the vein whilst keeping the tail intact for you to handle it when eating.



In a bowl, mix the self-raising flour, oil and a little water to make a paste. Place the prawns into the bowl and coat well and then sprinkle each piece with enough corn flour until the pieces are dry. Combine all ingredients for five spice mix and set aside.

Heat enough vegetable oil for deep frying in a wok or deep pan and then add your prawns and cook until golden and crisp. Remove and drain off any excess oil from your cooked prawns and set aside.

Add the shallots, garlic and chilli to wok and cook for 30 to 45 seconds until aromatic. Return the prawns to wok and add 2 to 3 tsp of the five spice mix and toss well to combine. Then add the Shaoxing wine, toss and serve immediately.