Very simple, just rub some salt and pepper over the prawns. Place them inside aluminium foil on a heat proof plate. Next, lay about 4-5 slices of dong guai and some ginger strips over them and sprinkle some kei chi (boxthorn/lycium/Chinese wolfberry) all over. Pour in a few dashes of soy sauce and generous dashes of Shao Xing Hua Diao (a type of Chinese cooking wine). Wrap the foil up tightly and place in a steamer. Steam for about 7-8 mins (I only have 6 huge prawns). You can check by opening up the foil but be careful cos it's super hot. It's cooked if the prawns have all turned orangey and curled up, otherwise rewrap and return to the steamer for a few more mins.
You can opt not to wrap the prawns up in a foil but I find wrapping them up have more flavours since the water vapour doesn't drop inside the prawns and dilute the taste.
Enjoy your long weekend!
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OooooOOoo.....nice.... erm, but just one thing babe, is the cooking wine replaceable with anything else?? :p
ReplyDeletetwosuperheroes, you can omit the wine or you can sub wid brandy, DOM or sake/mirin
ReplyDeletePeople say hor if man eat a lot dong guai will become KEM KEM
ReplyDeleteAwesome..!! i never thought of using prawns.. :)
ReplyDeleteI like that, I like that. That food would be delicious.
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interesting idea. . . . .never try seafood with dong guai . . . .but love them with me chicken.
ReplyDeletethanx for the idea
Thats the beauty of fresh prawns ...taste great no matter how you cook them.
ReplyDeleteMe being a non seafood fan, would love that with chicken! :o)
ReplyDeleteangelica is usually dry and hard right ? will they be soften after that ?
ReplyDeleteOmgz. I thought only got steamed dong guai chicken? Now prawns pulak =S. Taste muz be wonderful i guess
ReplyDeletebabe - keep up posting these simple recipes, I think you can be our own Jamie Oliver, doing simple food, chinese style.
ReplyDeleteAnother cook show great that comes to mind, with simple recipes and great food would be Dosanko Cooking....
wah..this is really a yummy and healthy way to cook prawns. a must for me as i loooooove prawns :)
ReplyDeletereally ka 9393? hehe
ReplyDeletemamabok, try this ok, very yummy one
thanks ashin
ohh really mike? i had had dong guai with seafood before at restaurants
;-) hazza
kekeke wmw, note taken
ling, i'm not sure cos i didn't check them hehe
jeromefo, yes tasted good
hahaha bernsy. hey i like dosanko cooking too which reminded me i noted down one recipe but yet to try
yes yozora, you must try this way soon
Ooo..lovely! But one question, by just steaming it for 7-8 minutes, does the tong kwai soften and release its flavour by then?
ReplyDeleteyes pea the flavour is there but not sure if the dong guai is soften by then or not
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