PRAWNS WITH RED SAUCE
Are you busy but love to cook?? have you've found a recipe that is quick and simple?? Here's the answer, Prawn. with prawn, you can cook many of variant menu and it's simple and quick, due to the meat texture of the prawn itself that quickly cooked in the cooking process'
Prawn....I love prawn, want to cook any menu with prawn the results is always tasty, although cooked with boiled, grilled, fried, or steamed BUT the prawn should be FRESH. Do you know how to choose the fresh prawn?? well OK, I'll help you with the little experience that i got , first look and touch at the prawn skin, it will feel hard, not soft. Second look closely to a meat prawn, it will look transparent and clear. Third and this is the last, from it smell, more fishy smell than it's not fresh. Very easy and simple right ??
And do you know what it feels when you eating a fresh prawn?? I will tell you right now, the prawns meat will be so crunchy in your mouth, hmmm....so delicious.
Tips.
Never keep your prawn in your freezer more than two days, the sooner it is used for cooking the better result you get.
Ingredients :
- 12 pieces prawns
- 1 slice onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon tomato catchup
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 dried black mushroom
- 1 scallion
- 1 teaspoon M.S.G
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 slices ginger
- 2 slices carrot
- 1 tablespoon sherry
- 1 cup high soup stok
- a dash parsley (garnish)
Directions :
- Remove head and shell from each prawns, leaving shell on tail only, clean and dry, cut lengthwise along the back pound slightly, coat with 2 slices ginger, 1 scallion and 1/2 teaspoon salt, roll up each one, leaving tail outside, fix it with toothpick.
- Soak black mushrooms in warm water, then chop.
- Chop onion, peel carrot, boil and chop.
- Combined seasonings : Mix 1 teaspoon M.S.G, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sherry, 2 tablespoon tomato catchup and 1 tablespoon high soup stok in the bowl, stir evenly.
Methods :
- Steam prawns in the pan over high heat for 5 minutes, then remove and arrange in serving plate.
- Stir fry ginger slice, chopped mushroom, chopped carrot, chopped onion in 1 tablespoon boiling oil, then drop combined seasonings and 1 cup high soup stok and bring to boil, mix 1 teaspoon cornstarch paste, pour 1 tablespoon oil over prawns and serve.
- Garnish with parsley.
Notes :
- Score prawns along back equally.
- When serving, take off the toothpick which is used for fixing prawns.
- This is Hangchow regional dish.