Chinese New Year Recipes: Black Tiger Prawns with Noodles

11 February 2013

Chinese New Year Recipes: Black Tiger Prawns with Noodles

There’s nothing quite like a good Chinese recipe and when better to give it a try than Chinese New Year?

Chef Lin at Wing Yip Oriental supermarkets has created this incredible dish which is not only super tasty but also super easy.

Here’s what you’ll need and how to make it –

Black Tiger Prawns with Szechuan Noodles

Ingredients:

340g black tiger prawns (sliced down the back to butterfly, leaving tails intact)

340g dried wheat noodles

1 jar Wing Yip Spicy Szechuan Sauce

2 tsp chopped garlic

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 tbsp Wing Yip Light Soy Sauce black pepper

1 red chilli (finely chopped)

2 spring onions (3cm slices)

185g beansprouts

1 pepper (sliced)

4 tbsp peanut or vegetable oil

Method:

Soak noodles in water for 10 minutes and drain.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok and when hot fry minced garlic and then add black tiger prawns and chopped red chili.

Season with freshly ground black pepper and Wing Yip Light Soy Sauce. Remove from heat and keep warm. Take care not to overcook the prawns.

Add rest of oil into the wok and fry minced ginger and garlic, then noodles.

Season with a little light soy and then add sliced peppers and white spring onion bottoms.

Add Wing Yip Spicy Szechuan Sauce and stir fry for 1 minute, adding a little water if noodles become too dry.

Last of all add spring onions and beansprouts.

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