Pan-fried Garlic Prawns with Soy Sauce

Say hello to your new favourite weeknight meal. Quick and easy, pan-fried garlic prawns with soy sauce, garlic, and green onions is a simple Chinese stir-fry dinner bursting with so much flavour that can be served, from prep to table, in under 15 minutes. Mind blown.

It takes about 5 minutes to prep and less than 10 minutes to cook. No joke. In 10 minutes, you can make an impressive, mouth-watering, flavourful seafood meal for yourself, or your family and friends.

Ingredients in Garlic Soy Sauce Prawns

• vegetable oil - essential for stir-frying.
• prawns - 10 prawns, peeled and deveined. This is a small batch meal perfect for one person.
• sauce - made with soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine, brown sugar
• garlic - adds flavour.
• water - keeps the sauce from drying out during the cooking process.
• green onions - added at the end for flavour.

How to Make Pan-Fried Garlic Prawns with Soy Sauce

1. Make the sauce. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, cooking wine and brown sugar. Stir and set aside.
2. Stir-fry. Heat oil in a frying pan. Add garlic and sauté over medium heat until it starts to brown. Add prawns and sauce (from step 1). Stir for 1 minute. Fry for 3-4 minutes on each side. When you are flipping the prawns halfway, add the water.
3. Serve. Add green onions and serve.

How to Serve Soy Sauce Garlic Prawns

This is a small batch recipe perfect for one or two people (10 prawns). You can easily double or triple the recipe to serve a crowd. I love to serve these prawns on their own as an appetizer or as full-on meal over some coconut rice, fried rice or noodles. They are also really good with mashed potatoes.

More Prawn Recipes

• Tiger Prawns in Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce
• 10-Minute Seafood Fried Rice with Prawns
• Thai Coconut Red Curry with Prawns

Recipe

Pan-fried Garlic Prawns with Soy Sauce

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• Author: Sam | Ahead of Thyme
• Total Time: 13 minutes
• Yield: 10 prawns
• Diet: Gluten Free

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Description

Pan-fried garlic prawns with soy sauce is so easy to prepare and make. It makes a delicious appetizer or can be served over rice.

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Ingredients

• ½ tablespoon soy sauce
• ½ tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 large clove garlic
• 10 prawns, deveined
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon green onions, sliced

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Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, cooking wine and brown sugar. Stir and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan. Add garlic and sauté over medium heat until it starts to brown.
3. Add prawns and sauce (from step 1). Stir for 1 minute.
4. Fry for 3-4 minutes on each side. When you are flipping the prawns halfway, add the water.
5. Add green onions and serve.

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 8 minutes
• Category: Seafood
• Method: Stovetop
• Cuisine: Chinese