Steamed garlic prawns
This is the easiest garlic prawn recipe you will come across and is extremely tasty. I love to serve it with a simple vegetable stir fry that has a large handful of bean sprouts tossed into it instead of carrots. They are steamed and by far the best steamers are the bamboo steamers that you get at any oriental supermarket. (for 2 on their own or 4 with another Chinese dish, try the pineapple duck)
What you need
400 – 500g large prawns cleaned and without heads
2 heaped teaspoons crushed garlic
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice wine or sherry
1 teaspoon olive oil
good grinding of black pepper
The process
Get some water boiling furiously on the stove or your steamer really sending it.
On a plate that will fit inside your steamer you want to layer your prawns covering the entire plate.
Whisk together all of the rest of the ingredients in a small bowl to really combine the flavours and then pour the sauce over the prawns evenly, leaving nice little mounds of galic on the top.
Place the plate into your steamer carefully being careful not to burn yourself. You may want to remove the steamer first or take off the layer for the plate if you are using an electric steamer.
Steam them for 3/4 minutes or so until they are pink and firm.
The tricky part is removing the plate without burning yourself so be careful.
Thats it, fantastic fresh garlic prawns. You can also chop up a handful of coriander leaves to top it off if you are serving it with rice or yellow rice.
If you do burn yourself the best thing to do is to mix bicarb of soda with water from the tap into a thick paste and cover the burn. It’s amazing, it takes away the sting immediately.
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can i boil prawns ?
Hi Mavis, You could but I wouldn’t. If you do, boil for just a short time until they turn white. Cheers for now G
Hi Graham – you don’t say whether or not to put a lid over? surely you must do so – steam just don’t go thru’ da plate, do it??!!
thanks
Suz
Hi suzanne, yep lid on.. Cheers
G
Ok thanks I get the gist of it now. Had I placed the prawns in the colander the sauce would have dripped through! Blonde moment!I will have a practice run first to check just how nimble I am with the steam first. Can’t wait tp try it out been craving seafood for sometime now.
We love blondes.. enjoy them G
I am chuckling here. You have evidently burnt yourself hence the First Aid suggestion. So ….. when you take out all the ingredients you include the bicarb as well. What more could we want from a delectable recipe site the recipe inclusive of first aid!!!
Could I just steam the prawns in a colander placed over boiling water?
Hi, scalded my hand a few times and thats the best remedy… too eager to get it onto my plate
You need to put it on a plate to keep all of the flavors together, but you could use a small plate inside the colander as well. Cheers G