Fried Prawns Recipe | The Skinny Cook

Delicious, quick and easy fried prawns recipe, illustrated step by step to make sure you will be enjoying delicious prawns in less than 10 minutes.

When you have more time on hand and you love to add more taste, then opt for the second recipe with added ingredients.

Easy fried prawns recipe ingredients:

24 large prawns, gutted (remove the black intestinal tract), head removed but tail intact
1 cup (250 ml) of chicken stock
1 cup (250 ml) cream from grass fed cattle
peanut oil to fry
fresh grounded pepper
1 teaspoon sambal oelek (Indonesian spicy red chili paste)
fresh coriander/cilantro leaves

Heat the oil in the pan, add the prawns and season with pepper.
Turn the prawns after 1 minute, add the sambal oelek and fry rapidly until the gray prawns change to orange/pink.
Stop the frying by adding the cold chicken stock, stir well to get all the flavors in the stock, add the cream and bring to a boil.
Remove immediately from heat, stir in the cilantro leaves and serve.

24 large prawns, gutted (remove the black intestinal tract), head removed but tail intact
very finely chopped mixed vegetables such as 1 shallot, 1 small carrot and 1/2 red bell pepper
2 tablespoons homemade tomato ketchup (with apple and tomatoes in stead of sugar and tomatoes)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
10 oz (300 ml) cream
7 oz (200 ml) white wine
hot chilis to taste
finely chopped fresh herbs e.g. tarragon or chives or parsley or coriander
3 oz (about 100 ml) chicken stock
1 crushed garlic
pepper and sea salt

Season the prawns with salt and pepper.
Heat some oil in a wok and start frying the prawns.
Add the finely chopped veggies, crushed garlic and finely chopped chili and keep stirring: make sure the garlic doesn’t burn but the prawns do keep on frying.
When the prawns turn pink, add the white wine and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
Immediately add the ketchup, tomato paste and cream: whisk and bring to a boil. Once simmering: remove from the fire and stir in the fresh herbs.