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Friday, October 8, 2010

Herbal Black Pepper Prawns
黑胡椒当归虾


My original plan with to cook the prawns with black pepper sauce. I had some left-over Dang Gui 当归 powder and thought I would experiment combining both the black pepper with Dang Gui 当归. :P

It rather nice except, next time I'll leave out the curry leaves (you see in the photo) as it overpowered the Dang Gui.

Ingredients:
  • 400g Prawns, shelled and deviened
  • 1 medium Onion, cut into chunks
  • 4 tablespoon Oil for frying
  • 1 tablespoon Oil for stir-frying

Marinade:
  • 1 teaspoon Dang Gui 当归 (Angelica Sinensis)Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Corn Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Seed Oil
  • a pinch of Salt

Sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 4 tablespoon Water
  • 1/2 tablespoon Ground Black Pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Corn Flour

How to do it:
  1. Coat prawns with marinade.
  2. Marinate for 30 minutes.
  3. Heat oil in wok and fry the marinated prawns till 80% cooked.
  4. Remove and drain.
  5. Heat a clean wok with 1 tablespoon oil.
  6. Add onion and stir-fry till slightly softened.
  7. Add in sauce mixture and pre-cooked prawns.
  8. Stir-fry and toss quickly to coat prawns well with sauce and till the prawns are thoroughly cooked.
  9. Dish and serve.

Note:
I'm not sure if you can get powdered Dang Gui 当归 but you can always grind sliced Dang Gui 当归 on your own at home.

9 comments:

  1. I love prawns but dont like pepper that much. Hahahha! Overwhelming

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  2. @Rose, You can reduce it. I love it cos that's the only 'spicy' stuff I can handle. :P

    @OkiHwn, try it. :)

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  3. i love everything black pepper too, looks delicious.

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  4. Oh! This one looks delicious. I will give this a try. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  5. Like your addition of Dang Gui. It gives the otherwise simple black pepper fry prawns an interesting new spin.

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  6. this looks delicious! can't go wrong with black pepper

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