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Sweet and Sour Prawns San Choy Bau

Here's how you make Sweet and Sour Prawns San Choy Bau
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 700 grams shrimp (medium green prawns, peeled and deveined)
  • 2 capsicums (large red capsicums, deseeded and thinly sliced)
  • 400 grams green beans (trimmed)
  • Sweet and sour sauce (1 jar/515 grams, Kan Tong rand recommended)
  • 1 packet (250 grams) basmati rice (Uncle Ben's Express brand recommended)
  • 8 leaves iceberg lettuce (trimmed)
  • 1 shallot, thinly sliced
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large deep frying pan or wok over medium-high heat and add half the prawns and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until just cooked through and then transfer to a place and cover to keep warm and then repeat with 1 teaspoon of the remaining oil and the remaining prawns.

  • Step 2: Heat remaining (1/2 tablespoon) in the pan or wok and add capsicum and beans and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender and crisp and then return the prawns to the pan or wok nd add sweet and sour sauce and stir-fry until well combined and the sauce is heated through and then remove from the heat.

  • Step 3: Heat the rice following packet directions.

  • Step 4: Divide the lettuce leaves among serving plates and then divide the rice among the lettuce leaves and top with the stir-fry and sprinkle with the shallots.


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