Yalla Market
Kung Po Prawns Recipe
Chinese
⏱ 1 h 25 min
Medium
Kung Po Prawns — a classic Chinese Seafood.
Ingredients
- 400g Prawns
- 2 tbs Soy Sauce Buy: Soy Sauce · ₺231.99
- 1 tsp Tomato Puree
- 1 tsp Corn Flour Buy: Red Corn Flour · ₺224.99
- 1 tsp Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Sunflower Oil Buy: Biryağ Sunflower Oil Large · ₺299.99
- 85g Peanuts
- 3 Large Chilli Buy: Dried Adani Chilli Pepper · ₺119.99
- 1 tbs Brown Sugar
- 6 cloves Garlic Clove
- 450g Water Chestnut
- to taste Ginger Buy: Adeni Ginger Tea · ₺29.99
Preparation
- Mix the cornflour and 1 tbsp soy sauce, toss in the prawns and set aside for 10 mins.
- Stir the vinegar, remaining soy sauce, tomato purée, sugar and 2 tbsp water together to make a sauce.
- When you’re ready to cook, heat a large frying pan or wok until very hot, then add 1 tbsp oil.
- Fry the prawns until they are golden in places and have opened out– then tip them out of the pan.
- Heat the remaining oil and add the peanuts, chillies and water chestnuts.
- Stir-fry for 2 mins or until the peanuts start to colour, then add the ginger and garlic and fry for 1 more min.
- Serve with rice.
Pro Tips
- in the prawns and sauce and simmer for 2 mins until thickened slightly.