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Szechuan Prawns with Cashew Rice

5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 

Szechuan prawns:

  • 350 g 16 Argentine red prawns, raw, peeled and deveined frozen
  • 100 g Bean sprouts
  • 50 g Spring onions
  • 2 tbsp Peanut oil
  • 100 g Tomato ketchup
  • 2 tsp Sambal oelek
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Sweet soy sauce
  • 3 big pinches Coarse sea salt from the mill
  • 3 big pinches Colorful pepper from the mill
  • 3 tbsp Finely chopped coriander

Cashew rice:

  • 100 g Basmati rice
  • 300 ml Water
  • 0,5 tsp Salt
  • 0,5 tsp Ground turmeric
  • 50 g Cashew nuts
  • 80 g 1 Onion
  • 50 g 1 piece of leek
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tbsp Finely chopped coriander
  • 0,5 tsp Mild curry powder
  • 3 big pinches Coarse sea salt from the mill
  • 3 big pinches Colorful pepper from the mill

Instructions
 

Szechuan prawns:

  • Let the shrimp thaw in time, rinse thoroughly under cold water and dry with kitchen paper. Wash the bean sprouts and drain them well. Clean, wash and cut the spring onions into rings. Heat the peanut oil (2 tbsp) in the wok, add the prawns, stir-fry for approx. 1 minute and remove. Add the spring onion rings and soy bean sprouts and add / pour in the tomato ketchup. Season with sambal oelek (2 teaspoons), sugar (1 teaspoon), sweet soy sauce (1 tbsp), coarse sea salt from the mill (3 big pinches) and colored pepper from the mill (3 big pinches) and simmer gently for a few minutes . Add the fried prawns and cook / simmer for 4 - 5 minutes. Finally add / fold in the finely chopped coriander (3 tbsp).

Cashew rice:

  • Put the basmati rice (100 g) in 300 ml salted water (½ teaspoon salt) with turmeric (1/2 teaspoon), bring to the boil briefly, stir and cook on the lowest setting with the lid on for about 20 minutes. Caution: Do not open the cover when doing this. Chop the cashew nuts, toast them in a pan without fat and remove them. Peel the onion and chop finely. Clean, wash and finely chop the leek. Heat butter (1 tbsp) in a pan, fry the onion cubes with the sliced ​​leek / stir-fry. Season with mild curry powder (½ teaspoon), coarse sea salt from the mill (3 big pinches) and colored pepper from the mill (3 big pinches) and add / fold in the roasted cashew nuts and the finely chopped coriander. Finally add / fold in the cooked rice.

Serve:

  • Press the rice into a funnel and tip it into the middle of the plate. Add the Szechuan prawns around the outside. Chopsticks are enough.
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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