Sunday, 21 January 2018

Sweet and sour black tiger king prawns

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I like to use mango with pineapple for the sweet in this dish and choose a mango which is firm and not yet ripe. NB to ripen a mango too firm to eat simply place underneath a bunch of bananas for a few days until it softens to the touch and therefore juicy and edible.

Cut a quarter of the mango from the seed and use a vegetable peeler to remove and discard the peel and make long thin ribbon slices. Cut a fresh pineapple in half and cut a one inch round to remove the hard outer layer then dice. Fridge the remaining pineapple for future use.

Top and tail 1 carrot, discard peel and use the vegetable peeler to make long thin ribbon slices.

Slice a half inch round from a red cabbage, rinse and cut into long slices.

Dice half a red onion.

Dice 1 pak choi leaf.

In a small bowl mix - 1 garlic clove diced, 50g both of brown sugar and malt vinegar, 150g tomato sauce or ketchup, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 100ml mango juice, 2 peeled tomatoes from a can (snipped with scissors) with 2tbsp of the tomato juice,1 tsp tamarind paste.

Brush a deep pan with oil, heat med /high, add the onion and red cabbage first and stir for 2 minutes.   Add the remaining vegetables and stir for one minute.  

Add the mango ribbons and pineapple and stir in.  Add the small bowl contents and bring to boil. Arrange 8 defrosted black tiger king prawns in the centre. (NB you can cook the prawns with the hard outer skin removed, just use a sharp small pair of scissors to do this).

Turn the heat down to simmer and cook for 15 minutes if you prefer veg al dente or 20 minutes to your desired sauce thickness but the prawns will have changed colour to pink.

Serves 2.
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When I have been cooking fresh prawns I like to save the shells to make an easy and tasty fish stock. Just cover at least 8 shells with boiling water in a half pint casserole and cook alongside this recipe.


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