Garlic & Chili Prawns

Garlic & Chili Prawns

I've always love crustacean dishes...especially prawns.in Davao City, Philippines, there's one famous seafood resto that offers the best garlic prawns. I improved the dish by making it more spicy by adding...red and green chili peppers for that "kick".

Ingredients:

Servings:

2-3

Units: US | Metric

350 g medium prawns

3 tablespoons olive oil

8 ounces Sprite

rock salt

pepper

Sauce

7 garlic cloves, crushed

1 dash peppercorn

1 dash oregano, powder

1 teaspoon curry powder

1 dash ground basil

10 pieces green chili peppers, minced (siling labuyo)

1 piece red bell pepper, minced

1/4 cup minced parsley

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

2 tablespoons red pepper sauce (habanero)

4 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons sugarcane vinegar

1 tablespoon knorr liquid seasoning

Directions:

1. Remove legs and antennaes from prawns.
2. In a bowl, mix sprite, rock salt, pepper -- add prawns in the marinade, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. For the sauce, heat olive oil in a non-stick pan, saute garlic red and green peppers.
4. Add oyster sauce, red pepper sauce, honey, vinegar, liquid seasoning, sesame oil, 1 tbsp minced parsley, peppercorn, oregano, curry powder and basil. Whisk until well mixed. Put in a bowl and set aside.
5. In another non-stick pan, heat olive oil. Stir fry prawns for a minute, then pour 1/2 cup of the marinade.
6. Let marinade boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Then pour in garlic & chili sauce -- mix well.
8. Serve hot!