Recipe - Steam Prawns

This is one of our favorite family dish. You can really taste the sweetness of the prawn and the fragrance of the Chinese cooking wine.

I like to cook this dish as it is very convenience and easy to prepare and the most important it keeps my kitchen clean, no after cooking mess, no oily scene. Yes, it is very fast too.

Just one thing, if you are at the high cholesterol risk, may be you have to cut down the intake of prawns.

I always prepare the necessary ingredients earlier and keep them in the refrigerator; as steaming a plate of succulent prawns will take just short 5 minutes.

So you will need about 8 -1 0 big prawns. De-vain them and keep the shell intact. Trim the legs and cut the tail. Cut away the antenna too. So they look neat and presentable. Marinate the prawns with 1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine, 1/2 tsp of salt and sugar respectively. 10-20 minute will do but you can keep it longer. Just leave them in the refrigerator until you want to steam them.

Now let's prepare the sauce. Mix all the ingredients below in a bowl.

a) 200ml of water
b) 1/2 tsp of chicken stock granules
c) 1 1/2 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine
d) 1 tbsp of abalone or oyster sauce
e) 1 tbsp of wolf berries (Kei Chee). This is good stuff, it enhances ones eyesight.
f) 1 tsp of corn flour

Steam prawn just take 5 minutes. They are best to serve hot so steam them when you are ready for a meal. Arrange them nicely on the plate, spread finely shredded young ginger on top the prawns. Break an egg in the middle.


Then pour the sauce over.

Okay steam them for 5 minutes, no less no more. At Exactly 5 minutes, take them out from the steamer. The prawn will be just cook, they are succulent.

Yummy! Try it out.