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Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns (Shrimp)

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A quick prawn recipe loaded with BIG spirit ! Seared prawns smothered in a spicy, sticky Asian sauce, these Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns will have you smacking your lips in express satisfaction, feeling like you ’ ve just dined at a fancy modern Thai restaurant .
The sauce tastes like a homemade Chilli Jam except it ’ mho far easier to make. 15 minutes, get down to finish !

Close up of Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns served over rice with a quick Asian cucumber side salad

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Quick prawn recipe with BIG flavours!

While I love a classic Chinese-style prawn stir child with its clean and firm flavours, or the heart-stopping ( in more ways than one ) fried and sweet delectability of Honey Prawns, sometimes I find myself looking for a punch in the face ( flavour-wise, that is ! )
This prawn recipe came to be after I had a terrific Stir Fried Prawns in Chilli Jam at a modern ( ish ) Thai Restaurant. While I can ’ triiodothyronine duplicate desserts at home on a notion, I normally have a fairly chance of getting pretty conclusion with savory dishes .
I was going to try to replicate it using a homemade Chilli Jam recipe, but then I got lazy. rather, I tried to achieve the like flavor using a small moment of this, a little bit of that, a dash of this and a spatter of that .
And well, well, well, what do you know ? It came out damn delicious. actually, truly tasty and reasonably close to making this with a homemade Chilli Jam, but just a hale distribute easier and faster. ????

The sauce is essentially a quick and easy Chilli Jam – and it’s lip smackingly delish!

I promise I ’ megabyte not exaggerating when I say that this actually does taste like Spicy Stir Fries you get from modern asian restaurants. I don ’ metric ton claim this to be authentic Asian because it credibly isn ’ t an authentic asian raise fry but every component in the sauce is surely used in many asian dishes !

A 12 minute recipe

There ’ randomness nothing more disappointing that shoving a big, fatten, juicy-looking prawn in your mouth only to find it ’ mho cartilaginous and dry .
so in my universe, every prawn recipe has to be a quick recipe because otherwise you ’ ll overcook the prawn ! And these Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns surely fit the bill. here ’ s how it goes down :

Chop / grate the ginger and garlic, bill out the sauce ingredients – 5 minutes
scorch prawns in 2 batches – 4 minutes
Simmer sauce until syrupy – 2 minutes
Toss prawns back in – 1 minute
Total time – 12 minutes ????????

TIP: get the rice started first, because that takes longer than this recipe !

Frozen prawns – all the way!

For the inaugural couple of years when I started this web site, I was a entire prawn snob and urged everyone to peel their own prawns, declaring that frozen was good not the same. This conclusion was drawn from many years of average flash-frozen prawn experiences in my youth .
It ’ sulfur been a very pleasant discovery to find that freeze prawns have come a long way in their time ! Sure, some are better than others, but even the budget ones ( eg Aldi, Costco ) are still very good .
I still peel fresh prawns for caller. But for everyday purposes, I ’ molarity all about freeze prawns nowadays – and I wholly own it !

What to serve on the side

serve with rice to soak up that glorious sauce. Or for a healthy low carb option try on Cauliflower Rice – 77 % fewer calories and 87 % less carbs than rice !
Add some greens to your meal – here are a few suggestions :
enjoy ! – Nagi x

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Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns (Shrimp)

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Nagi | RecipeTin Eats

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Recipe video above. Juicy prawns / shrimp in a sweet sticky, spicy, garlicky sauce. A quick dinner that tastes like a homemade Chilli Jam stir fry you get at modern Thai restaurants! Spice level – this is quite spicy!

Ingredients

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500g / 1 pound prawns / runt, raw, , peeled and deveined ( Note 1 )
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1 1/2 tbsp vegetable petroleum ( or canola oil )
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1 tsp sesame anoint , toasted ( Note 2 )
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3 garlic cloves , very finely minced
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2 tsp ginger , grated or finely chopped ( can be omitted )
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1 tsp chili flakes* ( Note 3 )
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1/2 cup ( 125 milliliter ) water
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3 tbsp Sriracha ( Note 4 )
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2 tsp soy sauce , light or all purpose ( Note 5 )
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3 tbsp brown carbohydrate ( submarine with blank )

Garnish (optional)

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sesame seeds
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k onions , finely sliced
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red chillies

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, finely sliced or chopped

Instructions

Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add half the prawns and sear for about 45 seconds on each side until golden, then remove into bowl. Repeat.
Remove skillet from stove to cool down slightly, turn down to medium.
Return skillet to stove, heat sesame oil.
Add garlic, ginger and chilli flakes. Cook until garlic turns golden.
Add water, then Sriracha, soy sauce and sugar, Stir, increase heat to medium high, and let it simmer for 3 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken to a thin syrup consistency.
Return prawns into skillet and toss to coat in sauce and reheat, and cook for 1 – 2 minutes until sauce is reduced and coats the prawns nicely.
garnish with sesame seeds, clean chili and shallots if desired. Serve with rice to soak up the amazing sauce ! ( gloomy carb, low cal option, try Cauliflower Rice ) Side salad suggestions in post .

Recipe Notes:

?SPICINESS – Adjust spiciness to taste with chili flakes not Sriracha because the sauce needs the vinegar in the Sriracha .
NON SPICY version – skip the chili flakes and sriracha, add 2 tbsp catsup + 1 tbsp rice vinegar ( or even cider vinegar ! ) + 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine ( chinese cooking wine ) OR Mirin ( reduce sugar by 0.5 tbsp ) OR 2 tbsp chicken broth broken sodium. Yes we need all these to make up for skipping the sriracha !
1. Prawns/shrimp – if using fixed ( which I do ), thaw wholly and pat with newspaper towels to remove excess water. The prawns are sensitive, they might look cooked because they ‘re a pink variety show !
2. Toasted Sesame Oil is brown and has a stronger sesame relish than untoasted sesame anoint which is yellow. here in Australia, toasted is the norm – it is harder to find untoasted. Will work ticket with untoasted sesame oil, just slightly less sesame flavour!
3. Chilli flakes – besides known as Red Pepper Flakes. You could besides use a jar of mince chili or chili paste but do not try to saute it with the garlic because it will spit everywhere ! Stir it in when you add the body of water .
4. Sriracha is an Asian chilli sauce that is made with more than just chilli, it has flavourings. It is now common in most supermarkets in Australia, US, Canada and UK. is an asian chili sauce that is made with more than just chili, it has flavourings. It is now park in most supermarkets in Australia, US, Canada and UK. here is the one I use from Woolworths .
SUBS: Another hot or chili sauce with a alike consistency ( a catsup thickness ). For a thin stronger hot sauce like Franks, I ‘d probably use half Franks, one-half catsup then add more Franks after tasting the sauce once reduced. ????
5. How to tell if prawns are cooked: Raw prawn hang straight by the lead, absolutely cooked prawns form a “ C ” and overcooked prawns will curl into a compressed “ O ”. Overcooked prawns have a cartilaginous texture and are not nice – sol do n’t do it ! ????
6. Nutrition per helping, assuming 3 servings. I think this makes adequate for 3 as a meal, though can stretch to 4 .

Nutrition Information:

Serving:

194

Calories:

410

cal

(21%)

Carbohydrates:

(7%)

Protein:

(104%)

Fat:

(18%)

Saturated Fat:

(38%)

Cholesterol:

630

(210%)

Sodium:

2802

(122%)

Potassium:

270

(8%)

Sugar:

(19%)

Vitamin A:

(1%)

Vitamin C:

26.2

(32%)

Calcium:

386

(39%)

Iron:

5.7

(32%)

primitively published July 2016. Rewritten in May 2019, new photos, post new video recording, and fresh Life of Dozer photograph !

Life of Dozer

Another snap from the Mother ’ s Day weekend aside to Rick Stein ’ s Bannisters Hotel in Port Stephens .
Contemplating the meaning of life sentence as he gazes at the sunlight rise over the eternity pool… .
OK, we all know that ’ s not true. He ’ s more likely wondering how much trouble he ’ five hundred catch in if he dove in. I don ’ thyroxine think the other hotel guests would appreciate swim in a sea of Dozer ’ s aureate fur ! ????

And from the original publish date in 2016 : The vet said to figure out a manner to stop him from licking his injured hand. So I did. ????