It’s time for another recipe sharing session. This time it’s seafood – fried prawns with soya sauce, a simple to prepare and yet pretty luxurious dish (just because prawns are so expensive these days).

I had some prawns in hand thanks for mom who actually works in a market, and since I ran out of asam to make my favorite nyonya style sam prawn, I went online to look for something simple to prepare, and landed on this fried prawns with soya sauce recipe from Babe KL. I know Babe KL & Capt’n Hook personally and was sure that her recipe wouldn’t go wrong.

trim off all sharp edges, add pepper, salt, corn starch
trim off all sharp edges, add pepper, salt, corn starch

Anyway, here are the ingredients you need:

  • big prawns, I had XL prawns, bigger the better
  • 1 bulb garlic – chopped
  • 2 inches ginger – cut into stripes
  • 2 tablespoon corn starch
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 tablespoon worchestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoon dark soya sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soya sauce
  • a couple stalks of spring onion
  • cooking oil

cook the prawns and place it aside
cook the prawns and place it aside

Prawn preparation steps:

  • trim off the all appendages of the prawns with a scissor
  • clean and pad dry the prawns with paper towels
  • marinate prawn with salt, pepper, and cover with corn starch
  • heat up some cooking oil and fry prawns till reddish (2-3 minutes)
  • set prawns aside

ginger, then garlic, then prawns, and all the sauces, finally spring onion
ginger, then garlic, then prawns, and all the sauces, finally spring onion

Remaining steps:
  • heat up oil (or just use the remaining from frying prawns)
  • fry ginger for a minute, then add garlic (because it takes longer to cook ginger)
  • when garlic & ginger starts to turn golden, add in the prawns
  • add worchestershire sauce, soya sauce, and dark soya sauce
  • stir fry till fragrant
  • add green onion and stir a little more just prior to serving

there you go, classic fried prawns with soya sauce
there you go, classic fried prawns with soya sauce

So there, the dish really turned out pretty well, I actually wished that we had put in even more garlic & ginger cos they really brought out the taste of the prawns and went well with rice. For those who likes it a little sweeter, feel free to add a teaspoon of sugar too.

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KY cooks – Fried Prawns with Soya Sauce
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15 thoughts on “KY cooks – Fried Prawns with Soya Sauce

  • May 3, 2012 at 5:54 am
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    this is my favorite dish! 😀

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    • May 3, 2012 at 8:33 am
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      Michelle: becoming one of my favorites too 😀

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  • May 3, 2012 at 2:11 pm
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    Ah prawn, a luxury dish that I can’t eat…been a long time since I last tasted prawn meat!

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  • May 3, 2012 at 3:45 pm
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    mmmm, i can imagine enjoying this with some potatoes! either mashed potatoes or baked potatoes pls 😀

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    • May 6, 2012 at 5:17 pm
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      Sean: that sounds enticing actually!

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  • May 3, 2012 at 6:19 pm
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    Looks so good! Sounds like the recipe that my grandma uses! Must try it some day 🙂

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  • May 4, 2012 at 4:23 am
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    not a super big fan of prawns… but must try this out because my dad loves ’em! i like your ky cooks segment of this blog 😀

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    • May 6, 2012 at 5:17 pm
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      irene: haha thanks thanks. 😀

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  • May 4, 2012 at 2:30 pm
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    sedapnya…when can you cook and i come to makan? i promise to help out with cleaning up!

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    • May 6, 2012 at 5:18 pm
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      missyblurkit: hahaha perhaps one of these days! 😀

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