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King Prawns in Szechuan Sauce
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King Prawns in Szechuan Sauce

King Prawns in Szechuan Sauce

'Szechuan' is often used as a catch-all term in British Chinese restaurants to indicate a bright red, slightly spicy sauce, and this recipe includes all those delicious sweet, sour and spicy flavours with an extra touch of fragrance from our MA LA BLEND! Here we're using king prawns (marinated with cornflour and baking soda for ultimate juiciness!) but you can substitute diced chicken or even firm tofu if you prefer.

To make this recipe, you'll need:

BADIAN BLEND: 1 tsp

LA JIAO BLEND: 1 tsp

MA LA BLEND: 2 tsp

ZHIMA BLEND: 2 tsp

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Book: How to Be a Noodle Legend

Page number: 124

Effort: Medium effort

Serves: 4

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Origin: China
Shopping List

  • 300g approx. prawns (raw king prawns are best)
  • 1 bunch of spring onions - cut into 3cm lengths
  • 3 cloves of garlic - finely grated or crushed
  • Fresh ginger - finely grated or chopped to make 2 tsp
  • 1 pepper (any colour) - cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 ½ tbsp vinegar (rice, white wine or cider vinegar is best)
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda or use 1 tsp baking powder (baking powder has a lower proportion of sodium bicarbonate, so you need to add more to get the same effect!) (optional)
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil (optional)
Blends Needed

BADIAN BLEND: 1 tsp

LA JIAO BLEND: 1 tsp

MA LA BLEND: 2 tsp

ZHIMA BLEND: 2 tsp
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Sheila Jones

Just back from a few days away eating mainly pub food, so wanted something reasonably quick and tasty. Defrosted some king prawns from the freezer to make King Prawns in Szechuan Sauce, plain rice, and Mixed Vegetables in Garlic Sauce using a bag of frozen stir-fry veg. Perfect!

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Catherine Morrison

I’m not a massive hot prawn fan but these were delicious. Managed to get some Choi Sum veg so stir fried that and stir fried noodles and bean sprouts - amazing