Sweet chilli prawn stir-fry

Sweet chilli prawn stir-fry

This easy to prepare stir-fry makes a great midweek meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Method

  1. Tip the sugar into a wok, add a splash of water and let it dissolve over a low heat. Once dissolved, turn up the heat until it bubbles, then pour into a heatproof bowl.
  2. Heat the oil in the wok, then stir-fry the broccoli and sweetcorn for 3 mins until they start to blister. Stir the curry paste into the caramel, then pour into the wok. Add the pepper and continue to cook for 2 mins. Splash in the fish sauce or soy, add the prawns and fry again to heat through. Serve immediately with rice or noodles.

Per serving

386 kcalories, protein 32g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 12 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 6g, sugar 39g, salt 2.22 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2007.

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  • 2008-04-04 12:50:06.020682

    Flylady commented on this recipe

    This was excellent. The flavour was beautifully sweet and spicy. Although it was spicy the children still loved it and has made it to the family favourites cookbook.

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  • 2008-04-04 12:55:48.793038

    Flylady rated this recipe

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  • 2008-04-11 14:17:18.398659

    katyrouth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tried this using raw tiger prawns too - added at the same time as the pepper - which was just as good!

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  • 2008-04-14 09:59:45.876628

    Krissy rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really good! Great as an easy mid week meal too. I added some cabbage and a birds eye chilli which tasted great!

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  • 2008-04-25 14:06:12.925856

    katyrouth commented on this recipe

    I used this sauce last night with a basic veggie stir-fry (mange tout, red pepper, beansprouts) and it was still fantastic! I usually use Bart's paste as recommended, but I tried M&S too, which was different (in a good way!) - lots of citrus and coconut.

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  • 2008-06-15 11:24:55.697249

    stefb84 commented on this recipe

    Why is this called sweet chilli? it doesn't have chilli or sweet chilli sauce in it!?

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  • 2008-08-03 01:58:00.400362

    Karolinageegee rated this recipe

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  • 2008-09-12 13:14:26.989526

    Peter747 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Enjoyed this. Used Sainsburys Red sauce and it tasted fine. Will make again

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  • 2008-11-26 09:09:51.226033

    Gill commented on this recipe

    I made this last nite and used chicken instead of prawn & added a little chopped fresh red chili - it was superb.Really tasty&will be a regular for me. so fast aswell!

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  • 2009-03-31 22:51:10.958683

    taross rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I didn't have the veg as given in the recipe, just used a bag of pepper stir fry, added some noodles and used king prawns. The sauce was lovely (Tesco's own red thai paste) even although I think I put too big a splash of water in, which made it a bit thinner than I would usually like - but would try it again with less water. As it says, a tasty, quick meal for midweek.

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  • 2009-07-10 10:04:03.057445

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  • 2009-09-14 13:59:34.212082

    Helenk1984 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    I would NOT recommend this! There was far too much sugar in it and it ruined the recipe. I was left with the taste of sugar in my mouth for the rest of the evening and it made me feel sick. I think there may be a typing error in the amount of Tbsp required and it should of been 4 Tsp instead!

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  • 2010-01-15 09:25:15.854605

    Alison rated this recipe

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  • 2010-07-25 15:17:35.977473

    bean_mother rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This is a lovely mid-week supper. I was unsure about the sugar, but it worked really well. I did add some extra fresh chilli though. Also bought raw prawns and stir-fried them separately with a little fresh chilli before adding them to the dish.

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  • 2011-03-16 19:48:45.86969

    MelissaK rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely delicious! We will definitely be adding this to our meal rotation menu. Yum!

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  • 2011-03-26 17:02:12.74472

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  • 2012-02-22 14:42:09.83055

    Lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    It was ok - very sweet and just ok.

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  • 2013-05-18 22:28:31.011133

    iloveprunejam rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent recipe though I would stir fry for an extra 10 minutes before adding the peppers and prawns. My family loved it!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Sweet, spicy and crunchy

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp soft brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 head broccoli , cut into small florets
  • half a 250g pack baby sweetcorn , halved lengthways
  • 2 tbsp Thai red curry paste (we used Bart's)
  • 1 red pepper , deseeded and sliced
  • splash Thai fish sauce or low-salt soy sauce
  • 200g cooked fozen prawns , defrosted
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386 kcalories, protein 32g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 12 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 6g, sugar 39g, salt 2.22 g

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