Celebrate Chinese New Year with classic honey prawns that you can make at home.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons cornflour
- 1/2 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1kg medium green prawns, peeled, tails intact, deveined
- 1 medium carrot, peeled, halved, sliced diagonally
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- 150g snow peas, trimmed
- 4 green onions, cut into 5cm lengths
Method
- Step 1Whisk cornflour and 1 tablespoon stock in a jug until smooth. Stir in honey and remaining stock.
- Step 2Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Swirl to coat. Stir-fry prawns, in batches, for 2 to 3 minutes or until just turning pink. Transfer to a bowl.
- Step 3Heat remaining oil in wok. Add carrot. Stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes or until just tender. Add garlic, sesame seeds and snow peas. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Step 4Return prawns to wok. Add honey mixture and green onion. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens and prawns are cooked through. Serve.
- High protein
- Low carb
- Low fat
- Low kilojoule
- Lower gi
Nutrition
1455 kj
Energy
9g
Fat Total
2g
Saturated Fat
2g
Fibre
37g
Protein
253mg
Cholesterol
734.41mg
Sodium
26g
Carbs (sugar)
28g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
Variation: For honey chicken, use 600g chicken breast fillets, sliced, instead of prawns and save around $12.08 in total.
- Author: Kim Coverdale
- Image credit: Ben Dearnley
- Publication: Super Food Ideas
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