When I was little I feared the red pen from my Mother. As some Chinese children will know, your youth is not spent playing outside, it is instead spent doing comprehensions and reading texts and we’d have to a bit of a play outside but sports were not a focus at all (and they wonder why I can’t catch a ball to save my life). After each comprehension, Mother’s red pen would come out and she’d ruthlessly correct it. She meant well I’m sure, and she was a teacher after all, but I got to hate that red pen.
However with all of those red pen corrections and comprehensions life was not bad. After all, there was also very good food to be had at home. One dish that I loved growing up with Singapore chilli prawns or crab. Her version has an amazingly delectable sauce that we often make more of just so we can spoon some extra on the plain rice and eat by itself long after all the prized seafood is eaten. This is one of those dishes that is very quick to cook once everything is cut up so if you prepare everything in the morning, it takes about 10 minutes to cook when you get home from work.
I used some fantastic green Crystal Bay Prawns. Nothing gets me more excited than fresh food deliveries and when I was offered some Crystal Bay Prawns by my darling friend The Second Wife, a hungry seafood monster emerged. I am a shameless hussy as far as good seafood is concerned and I knew that Crystal Bay prawns were well regarded as they often feature on top restaurant menus – you know the ones where they mention the provenance of the items.
My mum showed me how to make it but I had to ask her to slow down for my photos as I walked away distracted (I was mesmerised watching Martha Stewart on TV making cookies) and realised that the whole dish was almost cooked. My mum’s recipes are generally quite short and to the point and not like my flowery ones but this one is short in text because it is short in the frypan. Just one hint my lovelies and that is be sure to have plenty of rice ready to mop up the extra gravy.
So tell me Dear Reader, do you like spicy food? And how hot can you take it?
Singapore Chilli Prawns
Ingredients:
- 750 grams prawns, peeled and butterflied (sliced down the back)
- 2 large red chillis finely sliced (you can use a little bird’s eye chilli if you like it very hot)
- Thumb sized piece of ginger (diced)
- 2-3 cloves garlic (smashed)
- 2 teaspoons of oil
- Spring onions to garnish (optional)
Sauce:
- 280mls/10 ozs water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 3/4 tablespoon chilli sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3/4 tablespoon white vinegar
- In another bowl mix 1 1/2 tablespoons cornflour with 2-3 tablespoons plain water
- 1 egg, beaten and stirred in at the last step
Method:
1. Heat wok or frypan on medium to high heat and add 2 teaspoons of oil. Fry prawns for 1 minute. Scoop out.
2. Fry garlic, ginger, red chilli, then add in fried prawn. Next add in the sauce ingredients and simmer for 1 minute. Add in the cornflour mixture to thicken the gravy.
3. Lastly, add in a beaten egg, stir the gravy while adding in the egg. Sprinkle chopped spring onion on top if using.
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That looks really good! I’d love to find such beautiful fresh prawns here…
Cheers,
Rosa
My palate is definitely still tooned on the mild Scandi flavours, so I can’t take chilli hot, but on the other hand I really love wasabi hot!
I LOVE spicy food but not so the spice takes over the flavour. My mother used to try to draw moustaches on my face with black biros. On a regular basis. But I always wriggled away.
Mm I do want a big bowl of this over rice! Yum!
LOL I wonder if the students feel that way about my “red” pen!
Brr…your red pen story gave me flashbacks..
I’ve never tried chilli prawns like that – they look delicious!
This looks so beyond delicious and easy, I am making it asap!
Yummers!!! I like mine spicy but not so hot I’m a weepy mess whilst I eat.
I was never a big chilli fan until I went to Singapore. Singapore chili crabs change my life. I love family recipes. I’ll be making this for the long weekend. Maybe with crab instead of prawns
I love spicy food and can usually tolerate a fair amount of spice. I also love seafood. This could be my new favourite dish
LOVE LOVE LOVE spicy food
And LOVE the colour of that dish – its gorgeous!
As a person who grew up in an Aussie home of Sausages and potatoes and beans, I never tasted chilli until a friend took me out for Thai in my 20′s. Now I adore the flavour of chilli and the kick it adds to simple dishes like this one. How spoiled to grow up on this kind of thing! I’m sure your palate is more developed from childhood on yummy things like this!
Oh Lorraine
You and me both re the childhood memories
I also have a mother who is short on the written word with her recipes.
It was my dad who went over our homework.
Lovely recipe! Not only rice for the sauce but those wonderful man tou bread rolls that you eat with chilli crab!!
SSG xxx
Anything saucy like this is just begging to be eaten mixed through a bowl of rice, and the egg stirred through just makes it all soft and gooey – yum!
My mouth is seriously watering right now from the thought of chilli, succulent prawns. Perfect warm up food for the long, wintery nights ahead!
Your mom’s recipes are always delightful, Lorraine! I love how this one can be prepped early and cooked later…perfect for weeknight cooking! That bowl is so pretty!
I don’t enjoy TOOO spicy. My tastebuds get destroyed in the process.
I hate that I just read that at my work desk as I want to go home now and cook that dish up!!!
Looks devine.
Oh, I love chilli crab but this would be much easier to eat!
Do you just use an asian chilli sauce with garlic etc in it? Would you mind telling me which brand you use?
Oh yum!! You’re making me crave Singapore Chilli Prawns/Crabs and I can’t believe how easy it is to make it. Thanks Lorraine. Definitely one to go into my recipe book to try one day (soon!).
Being a Malaysian I love spicy food but don’t like it when it’s too spicy that it kills all other flavours..
Ooh yum – looks like a nice and simple recipe too!
This looks lovely. I do like a bit of chilli now and then, just not when it overrides all other flavours
one word – YUM.
I wonder if this is too decandent to eat for breakfast.
mmmm
G’day! I LOVE anything hot and spicy ESPECIALLY prawns! I have an “iron stomach” as my Dad used to feed me the HOT red chilli peppers right from the jar when I was little! SO “Bring on the chili!”, I ALWAYS say! As the “hotter, the spicer taste really MAKES ME DAY!
Simple and delicious. And no mess! I am so making this soon.
Ah Yes! Spicy!!!! I really enjoy Singapore where I can indulge in chilli at breakfast – makes the juices start to flow and keeps you going through the day. Mmmmmmmmm!
I love spicy food, but last year got a strange dry mouth thing happening and now can’t cope with hot food at all. I’m now the official taster of food for kids – as if it is hot for me it is hot for them – you get the drift!! It is tragic!!!!
Looks delicious and I’m definitely going to try this out soon. Gotta love old favourites like this and thanks for sharing your mum’s recipe x
This looks sooooo good and it’s actually simple enough for a luddite like me to figure out! YUM!
I love spicy too … so hot it stings your lips and tongue, but so delicious you can’t stop eating it. I still remember the first time I enjoyed real Asian food – the complexities of the flavours and the spices were like a party in my mouth!
That dish looks amazing. I am a big fan of prawns. Yum. I will definitely be making this sometime!
I like it medium hot. I want flavor, not heat.
Hehe. I think every Chinese family have those same printed bowls
! I can imagine mopping up the sauce with rice – yum!
LOL Lorraine… the scary red pen was part of out growing up too, and now I at times torture the younger one with it! The legacy must go on he he! That said, the red in these fab Prawns is calling my name! Gimme RED they scream to moi! Gosh… they look good!
I love the colour of this! I imagine the silky sauce would be lovely mixed with fresh thick rice noodles too (I’m into them at the moment!).
Yummy, so simple, yet so tasty. I love Singapore Chilli Crab, it is amazzzzzzing, prawns look geewwddd in it too though. When I eat this dish I struggle to stop and I end up a big sloth
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That gravy looks so thick and delicious and totally mopable. I love spicy food although it makes me look quite unglamorous with a runny nose sweaty face
I’m salivating as I scroll down the pictures. This dish reminds me of my grandma who always made this dish whenever I was around.
On a scale of 10, I think I can handle comfortably about a 5
Step 3 seems to be missing?
This is a recipe I’m going to make. Hubby is shrimp fanatic. I use sriracha a lot, even in my Italian sauces.
Your mother’s hard work paid off.
My tolerance for chilli is not huge, but no-one does chilli crab like the Singaporeans!!
Oh my gosh, this looks amazing! So jealous of your mums cooking
I love chilli, but am the same as Blond Duck, I like flavour but not too much spicyness!
Mouth is watering reading that recipe!
looks great! If you ask lots of aussie kids, you will probably hear them say they got dragged around on the weekends doing all sorts of sports- so the reverse wasn’t really that fun either!
Hehe love the nifty little cooler bag the prawns came in and your soup spoons!
This looks so fragrant and spicy, and most of the ingredients are already in the Asian person’s pantry!
lol, i used to hate doing comprehensions when i was a kid. Looking at this dish makes me hungry right now. I love VERY spicy food!
ohhhhhh looks delicious! I can’t really take chilli when I’m pregnant but that recipe just looks divine. And lucky you to grow up with such yummy food…my mum was a teacher and now I find myself correcting my family’s grammar and pronounciation and I said I never would……
Right up my alley! I can make it as soon as I get a hold of some decent prawns!
You make me laugh with your stories! So you must be a really good speller and grammarian right?
Oh.. I remember those red pens.. straight away I can recall my exam papers with lots of red ticks and crosses in front of me now..
anyway, those prawns looks really yummy!! definitely bookmarking this for later
Yum!!! Looks like I’ll have to give that a try. My husband LOVES spicy food…the spicier the better as far as he’s concerned.
At least your Mom was a teacher. My dear mom wasn’t, but you wouldn’t know it from her constant correcting. To this day, I still cringe when hear the dreaded “got”. Like, “I got an orange” – my poor 3 year old is now suffering the consequences of my turning into my mother
I confess I like SEMI-spicy food, as I am a heat wimp. I remember being at a food festival once, where a friend and I were noshing on a Singaporean dish. It came with a little fried pepper. She, of Vietnamese heritage, bit into it happily. I asked her if it was hot. She said it wasn’t really. I took a bite and nearly keeled over on the spot! See, a wimp, I tell ya.
I need the fried bun to soak up all the chilli sauce please.
I don’t know if it’s my dodgey computer screen, but that sauce looks soooo red hot! Tasty, though. I’m not very good with spicy food; I’m always asking for dishes “with not too much chilli, please!”
I *love* a bit of heat and go through mental stages of eating it at every meal (even breakfast!). This looks like a winner of a dish and I really like that it’s your Mum’s recipe. Family recipes are always the tastiest.
Super spicy, please! Loooooove my chilli! In fact, we make this “dirty rice” recipe at home where I’ve had to tone down the spice because the men in my family can’t cope. So mum and I add tabasco to our own plates
(Men are such wimps sometimes… 
)
Miam miam…looks tasty ! will try it. Tks.
YUUUUMMMMMM!!!
Could you possibly tell us where to get fresh (not thawed) green Crystal Bay prawns in Sydney? I was trying to track some down at the Syd Fish Markets but they only had cooked ones. I put an enquiry in on the Crystal Bay website months ago and they never got back…
I’m ok with spicy food but I don’t think I can take that much heat e.g those bird-eye chili (aka chili padi) may kill me!
Love your Singapore Chili Prawns. Definitely much easier to “eat”. With crabs, I still have to depend on my hands and fingers. With prawns, a spoon will do. Happy…
Lorraine this is gorgeous and the color is so vibrant. I love spicy foods. Not sure how much I could take but they love eating them during the colder months especially with prawns.
I quite often make the mistake of ordering the item that is just beyond my spicy tolerance range and suffering through a gorgeous meal.
Is the chilli sauce a chilli paste or something a similar to sweet chilli sauce without the sweet bit?
OMG – This dish is SOOOO good!
When I read it, this morning, in NQN I couldn’t wait!
I went out at lunch-time for the prawns. I wanted to stay true to the recipe, but don’t cope with hot! I thought – subs the water in the sauce with Coconut Cream.
I know you’ll call me a pig, I’ve just eaten the whole lot – BY MYSELF!!!!
Is your mum actually my mum?! Mine was a teacher. Red pen was like a wand to a fairy. yikes. Our mums are scary. This looks delicious. Makes me miss home
mmm, the hotter, the better! and martha steward IS mesmerizing, isn’t she!
my gosh! Looks so tangfully creamy. Love to just scoop it all up.
Note- this is much better than the Stag Chili dinner in a can I just had!!! LOL Although, I did manage to resolve my cravings
These prawns looks scrumptious Lorraine!
I have similar memories of spending hours and hours on weekends and after school practicing the piano, ballet, taking language classes, and doing extra maths and reading in lieu of video games and sport – but then always sitting down to lovely, adventurous food (usually fresh from the garden).
Looks Delish
I like it hot but not so hot like my mother-in-law makes ( she’s Indian) that one’s eardrums hurt!!
I use chilli in my cooking regardless of origin, from a curry to an Italian Arrabiatta but to give it flavour and just a kick. My nose tells me if the dish is too hot because it starts to run and I have to keep getting up to grab tissues.
My whole family love it when I make Singapore Chilli Crab, your mum’s recipe looks great , I’m going to try it with the prawns.
Great recipe with marvelous photos. Prawns always taste good and more so with a recipe like this. I cant stand red chillis with prawns. It makes the sauce taste every spicy with a semisweet taste from the prawn juice. I cook prawns this way for a dish but eventually they turn to be sides because I eat the up before the meal starts.
I like spicy though I can’t handle food as hot as when I lived in Thailand – then I was biting the heads off bird’s eyes before taking a bite of rice! I had to spend lots of time indoors studying too – didn’t do ballet/netball/gym like the other girls which I don’t actually care too much about but I do care that I hated having to do it but had to do it anyway because my dad scared me shitless. Meh.
This looks utterly mouthwatering. I must remember it for the next time the fishmonger’s got good prawns in (it’s a commercial fishmonger and us non-restuarant types just get what’s currently bountiful, but it’s very, very fresh).
There’s something quite special about blogging mum’s recipes, I think. It’s our generation’s passing on of the index cards
those look yummy! (: Make me miss the chilli crab I can get back in Singapore! Lucky thing I’m flying home soon for 2 months!
That sauce looks incredible! I definitely like spicy, and this meal would make me very happy.
OH this look fantastic! I will definitely have to give this a try soon!
Typically, I like my food spicier than the people I’m cooking for!
This looks amazing, I’ll have to try it soon…
I have so find some shrimp and soon. This sounds so good I can’t get in trouble for making it, unlike other foods. Everyone in my family is going to Hawaii this summer so they are trying to get in shape. I have summer school and work and can’t go so their complaints are falling on deaf ears.
This dish looks fab – though I have to confess that I can’t take things too spicy, as my digestive system doesn’t like it.
hey lorraine, i could just drink the gravy! love it… i’ll give this one a go with calamari (i likey) and prawns (i likey this even more…. thanks for sharing….
I’ve made this with blue swimmer crab before (because the price of mud crab is so expensive and I’d hate to stuff it up). What a great idea to have it with prawn!
I think that bowl/plate must be a standard in every Chinese household because my parents have it and my aunts have it and I have it LOL!!
Looks really good!! I’d argue that those are really Malaysian Chilli prawns but we all know thats an argument that has no ending nor a real answer!! Looks just fabulous!
Oooooh chilli prawn! I love the chilli sauce, and your mum’s version looks amazing.
I am a huge fan of spicy food, and although I tend to suffer the next day *cough*, I will still eat it. Sometimes I can even feel everything burning inside…
Whoa! This looks so tasty and just plain awesome. I want a bowl like the one pictured with lots of shrimps…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen your blog-very nice…
Your Mum probably did you a favour with the comprehensions – i’m sure it’s helped with the beautifully written posts!
When it comes to spice i’m a total wuss! I’ve been slowly building up my tolerance over the years but I still can’t handle much heat.
That looks yum. I’m planning to make it tomorrow. What chili sauce do you use?
Love..love.. the heat. The hotta the betta…
Lately however, for some unknown reason my stomach hated me when I eat super spicy food.
Chili Prawns look awesome.
Nothing beats motherly daughter bonding in the kitchen
Cooked your mum’s recipe for dinner tonight, everyone in the family loved it, even my 22mth.old grand-daughter Meira
Oh man! Ohmanohmanohman!
Hi Rosa-Thankyou so much!
Hi Maria-Ahh I know what you mean, mr NQN was the same but now he loves things hot!
Hi Sarah-Yes if all you can taste is fire, then that is no good at all! Haha that’s so cute!
Hi Julie-hehe that’s the best way to eat it I promise!
hehe I bet you’re way to sweet for them to fear it 
x
Hi Lucy-fantastic! I hope you like it!
Hi Krista-yes it’s not so glamorous when noses run is it!
Hi Katherine-Aren’t they great? Yes it works well with crab too!
Hi bakingaddict-Hehe cool! I hope that you like it!
Hi Lisa-thankyou! If you try it I’d love to know what you think of it!
Hi Shan-yes I know so many people like that and we just seem to love chilli here in Australia now! I can take quite spicy but not as spicy as my mum
Hi Sydney Shop Girl-Haha I think there are lots of us like that-funny isn’t it!
Thankyou! We didn’t really eat it with those rolls, more just rice but I can that the rolls would do a great job soaking up the sauce! 
xxx
Hi mlle délicieuse-Absolutely! You’ve got it right!
Hi Trisha-hehe thanks! I know, isn’t it perfect for Winter?
Hi Faith-thankyou! I think she’s very encouraged by everyone’s comments
Thankyou Faith!
Hi Mary-Ahh yes well when it’s too strong, it can do that certainly!
Hi Rhiannon-Hehe I’d love to know what you think of it if you do make it!
Hi Gab-hehe it’s much easier I agree!
My mum uses ABC chilli sauce which she buys from an Asian grocery store 
Hi foodie-central-I know I had no idea how easy it was too!
Yes sometimes all you can taste is the tongue on fire and that’s not good!
Hi Tina-Thankyou so much!
Hi john-thankyou!
I know what you mean 
Hi Jupiter_halo-haha no not at all! I’ve eaten leftovers for breakfast!
Hi Joanne-G’day!
Hehe wow what a cast iron stomach! Well done! 
Hi Anh-Hehe wonderful! I hope that you like it!
Hi retired foodie-Ahh yes of course you can definitely have it in breakfast food there can’t you!
Hi Ellen-Oh no! That’s no good! Sorry to hear about that!
Hi mashi-Fabulous!
You’re more than welcome! x
Hi Emma-Thankyou! hehe I bet you do it well!
Hi MrsDesperate-yes I love spiciness paired with complex flavours
Hi Esz-fabulous!
I hope you like it! 
Hi Blond Duck-yes I know what you mean
Hi Betty-Hehe I think so!
Yes it needs to come with a big spoon too 
Hi deeba-how funny is that?
Thankyou so much! 
Hi Christie-Thankyou! I’m sure they’d pair up well with those too!
Hi Matt-Isn’t it great?
Hehe nothing wrong with that? 
Hi Conor-I know, moppable is totally teh way to describe it!
Hehe yes that’s the downside isn’t it! 
Hi Emily-Aww that’s so sweet! That’s not too bad at all! I think a lot of us like a medium heat
Hi Bella-Sorry I’ve changed the numbers, no steps missing.
Hi Angela-Fantastic! I hope that you both like it!
Hi Amanda-Absolutely! It’s so famous and rightly so
Hi Emma-Thankyou! Ahh no need to be as she’s sharing her recipes! You can do this with really mild chillies too
Hi Reemski-Thanks!
Hi gastronomy gal-hehe that’s good to know!
Hi tangerine eats-Thanks! My mum has all sorts of bowls and spoons
I know, I can’t believe how simple they are! 
Hi Frena-hehe you and me both!
Fantastic!
Hi corrie-Oh yes of course!
Hehe isn’t it funny, I do it too! 
Hi tasteofbeirut-Great idea!
Hehe I don’t think I am 
Hi YW-Hehe flashbacks huh!
Thankyou! 
Hi Naomi-Oh yes it sounds like our household!
I think we all turn into them in some way 
Hi Carolyn-Aww that’s not so wimpy at all! Oh no those small ones are SOOO hot!
Hi penny-hehe you have the bun I’ll take the rice
Hi Belle-hehe it looks red hot but it’s not that crazy hot I promise!
Hi Tresna-Thankyou! I totally agree, nothing like family recipes!
Hi Hannah-hehe fabulous! haha so true!
Hi Marie-fantastic! I hope that you like it!
Hi Leanne-Thankyou!
I’ll let you know, I’ve asked my friend and she should be able to tell me 
Hi tigerfish-yes try the larger chillies, they’re much less fierce!
hehe yes a big spoon for this one too! 
Hi Divina-Thanks so much!
yes they’re perfect for cold weather! 
Hi Nomes-Oh no, you poor thing!
It’s a regular chilli sauce, my mum uses ABC chilli sauce which you can find at Asian grocery stores 
Hi mikey-Thankyou so much Mikey and I am SO glad that you made it and loved it! Thanks for letting me know!
And PS nothing wrong with eating it all by yourself 
Hi diva-Hehe now wouldn’t that be hilarious!
Aww Diva! 
Hi grace-hehe she is!
Hi Adrian-Hehe thankyou! Oh yes I think it would have to be right
You are too funny!
Hi Miss B-thankyou so much!
Oh yes piano classes I remember those! Arrgh! 
Hi Matilda-thankyou!
Hehe wow that sounds very hot! 
wonderful, I’d love to know what you think of it! 
Hi Home made recipes-Thankyou so much! Oh really, you don’t like red chillies with prawns? Are green ones much different?
Hi Sasa-Oh wow, that is hardcore Sasa! :O haha sounds like we had the same parents!
Hi wenchie-Thankyou!
Oh fantastic, sounds like you’ve got a great supplier! you know I think you’re right!
Hi Lianne-Thankyou!
Oh good for you! Have fun! 
Hi lisa-Thankyou!
hehe that is wonderful! 
Hi Angela-Thanks so much, I’d love to know what you think of it!
Hi Rocky Mountain Woman-interesting! Do you end up toning it down for them?
Wonderful! I hope that you like it! 
Hi Deanna-Hehe thankyou!
Hehe sounds like an excellent plan!
Hi Cakelaw-Ahh that’s fair enough!
It can be done with mild chillies too if it takes your fancy 
Hi kewpie-Oh yes great idea you could certainly do it with any kind of seafood!
Hi Brenda-thankyou so much! Hehe yes I suspect so
Hi Dharm-Thankyou! Hehe but don’t you know it’s known as Singapore Chilli Prawns or crab around the world?
Hi Su-yin-Thankyou so much!
Oh no, you must really like it spicy! 
Hi Stella-Thanks very much and welcome to the blog!
Hi Phunk-Aww shucks thankyou! I think she would love to take to them with a red pen
That’s a good way to do it! 
Hi Fatima-Thanks so much! I hope you like it
My mum uses ABC chilli sauce 
Hi Tuty-Hehe I suppose with a blog name like scent of spice you might like it hot!
Thankyou!
Hi angie-hehe too true!
Hi Matilda-Aww thankyou for letting me know and I’m so glad that everyone in the family loved it and even a baby too!
Hi Tosh-Hehe! thankyou!
I’m a recent follower of your blog and I’m just loving it! Wanted to let you know I made this dish the other night and it was divine, my husband and I just loved it! Thanks so much xx
I’m making this tonight!!! My face is melting off I’m that excited!!
Hi Leanne-here is a link to where you can buy Crystal Bay prawns
http://www.crystalbayprawns.com.au/StoreLocator I hope this helps!
Hi Amanda-Ooh fantastic! I’m so glad that you both loved it and you’re more than welcome!
xx
Hi Tosh-Oooh fabulous! Please let me know how it goes!
Made it last night. I put in some finely chopped lemon grass and corriander stalks too and subbed chicken stock for the water then added a squirt of sriracha just to kick up the heat a little. My girlfriend liked it so much she said swear words.
THANK YOU for this recipe!!! My husband is English but Chinese heritage and since we’ve moved back to Aus he’s been missing his Mumma’s food (so have I!). I made this as a surprise the other night and the look on his face was priceless – so much food joy in one face – and the taste was so good I almost felt like a proper Chinese Mumma, thank you!
This chilli prawns is very similar to what my mom cooks at home. It’s so good like you said and you can simply eat the whole thing with just plain rice and can’t stop eating it. The gravy is so spicy and aromatic. This dish brings back a lot of loving childhood memories for me.
I’ve just cooked and ate this dish for dinner as I typed … Absolutely YUMMY!!! Thanks for sharing, you always have awesome recipe ;D
Hi, I tried this tonight and it was absolutely out of this world!! Thank you … thank you so much. Beautiful balance hearty but deff not stodgy. YUMM!
Hi Tosh-that’s wonderful! Hehe I like that
Hi Jade-Aww that’s wonderful! I’m so glad that it made you feel that way and that he liked it!
Hi Ting’er-I’m so glad that you liked it! I love this dish so much
Hi Tony-Fabulous! I’m so glad that you liked it!
We made it, We loved it! great dish.:)
Enjoying this right now. Used some massive prawns from the local fish guy that were perfect. I made up a quick stock from the heads and shells and substituted that for the water.
Thanks for the great recipe. Easy enough to make any time. This will definitely become a staple at my house.
Hi mona-I’m so delighted that you loved it!
Hi Patrick-Ooh good idea using the heads and shells for a stock and using that too! I’m so glad to hear that it will be a staple like it is here
Cooked this recipe exactly as instructed and my family loved it. The Sauce was also great over fish and steak that I had cooked aswell – thanks so much for sharing this yummy sauce.
Hi Fiona-YAY! I’m so glad that you liked it! Thanks for letting me know
I just wanted to say how thrilled I am to have found this recipe. Made it for the first time last night (only change was I added a dollop of honey) and my family raved over it. It was absolutely perfect! Thank you
HI Clare! Oh that’s fabulous! My mum will be so pleased to read that and I’ll try your hint of using honey next time!
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