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Another restaurant like Chili shrimp. This one tastes much alike Chinese restaurant dish. I bet kids would love it.

Chilli Prawns / Chili Shrimp

 

Chilli Prawns / Chili Shrimp
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Fresh or Frozen Shrimp - 1 pckt ( 20-25 count Medium Sized )
  • Ginger - ½ tsp ( finely chopped )
  • Garlic- ½ tsp ( finely chopped )
  • Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
  • Corn Flour - ½ tsp
  • Red Chili Sauce - 3 tsp
  • Sugar - ½ tsp
  • Vineger - 1 tsp
  • Salt - ¼ tsp
  • Red Food Color - ⅛ tsp
To Fry :
  • Oil - 3 tsp
  • Onion - 1 ( Medium )
  • Green Chili - 3 no
  • Spring Onion - 4 stks
Instructions
PREP:
To Marinate :
  1. Clean the shrimp, remove tails, head and devein, wash thoroughly. Cut into very small pieces. Marinate prawn with the items given in "To Marinate" section for 1 hr. Finely chop ginger and garlic. Chop the spring onion.
COOKING:
  1. In a pan heat oil, when hot add onion. Fry till onion turns brown. Add green chili and the marinated prawn and fry in high flame. Stir often to avoid burn. Fry till the water is evaporated and the shrimp is cooked. Add the spring onion at the end.
Notes
Shrimp will be cooked very fast, overcooking it makes rubbery.
Serve this with any fried rice, tastes like restaurant style chili prawn.

(*) This is based on recipe from Spiceindiaonline