Stir fried basil and chilli prawns
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1 hour 15 min
Bouncy, sweet, fragrant and a little spicy... A quick and easy dish for those who love prawns! This is gone within minutes!
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 500g large prawns
- salt, sugar and pepper to taste
- 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 red chilli, cut in half lengthways and deseeded
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- basil leaves, to garnish
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:5min ›
Extra time:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr15min
- Wash the prawns, remove shell & vein. Retain the tail. Pat dry.
- Soak prawns in ice cold water & ice cubes with some salt for 1 hour. Drain.
- Take half of the chilli and mince. Slice the other half into strips.
- Marinate with salt, sugar, pepper, chopped basil, minced garlic & minced red chilli for 10 mins.
- Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil. Stir fry prawns for 5 mins or till cooked. Mix in chilli strips. Mix well.
- Garnish with some fresh sweet basil leaves. Serve with rice or noodles.
Cook's note
Check out the original recipe on my blog, Bits of Taste.
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Made certain changes, trebled the quantity of Garlic and used green chillies instead of red as only the former are readily available here. An easy and flavour-full dish! - 10 Nov 2013