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Easy Steamed Prawns with My Favourite Dipping Sauce
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Easy Steamed Prawns with My Favourite Dipping Sauce

Fresh, sweet prawns paired with a simple garlic dipping sauce that's packed with flavour. It comes together in minutes, yet feels special enough for any family meal.

Prep Time 15mins
Cook Time 5 mins
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Ingredients

  • Fresh live prawns
  • A tiny sprinkle of salt
  • Lemon
  • For the dipping sauce
  • Minced garlic
  • Sugar
  • Pepper
  • Light soy sauce
  • Oyster sauce
  • Coriander
  • Ginger
  • Hot oil

Instructions

  1. Clean and wash the prawns.
  2. In a bowl, add the minced garlic, sugar, pepper, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, ginger and coriander.
  3. Pour hot oil over the mixture and stir well.
  4. Arrange the prawns on a steaming plate and sprinkle a tiny bit of salt over them.
  5. Once the water is boiling, steam the prawns for about 5 minutes (mine was around 1.5kg).
  6. Place lemon all over steamed prawns, garnish with coriander
  7. Serve immediately with the dipping sauce.

💜 Tips for Kids

Lemon for the kids to squeeze on prawns if they are not a fan of the dipping sauce. My children loves eating the prawns as it is with a few drops of lemon juice

📝 Amanda's Notes

🤍 Amanda's tip: If your prawns are fresh, don't overcook them. The sweetness of the prawns with this sauce is just chef's kiss!

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