Pete's Food Blog

14. Nov, 2021

Stir fried prawns with mango

Ingredients:

1 underripe mango

1 tsp cornflour

2 tbl olive oil

10 g garlic, finely chopped

100 g shallots, finely chopped

1-1½ bird's eye (hot) chillies, finely chopped

500 g large, raw peeled prawns

1 lime (juice of)

1 tbl fish sauce

Handful (10 g) Thai basil leaves

Freshly ground white pepper

Method:

Peel and cut the mango into 1 cm cubes. Mix the cornflour in 1 tbl water.

Fry the garlic in the oil over a medium high heat, until lightly golden. add the shallots and fry for 30 secs.

Increase the heat to high and add the chilli and prawns. Fry for about 2 mins. until the prawns are pink and cooked through.

Add 2-3 tbl water, lime juice, slaked cornflour and fish sauce and stir-fry until the sauce thickens.

Add the mango, warm through and stir in the basil leaves.

Serve with either egg noodles or jasmin rice.