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
- Make the sauce. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, cooking wine and brown sugar. Stir and set aside.
- 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.
- 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
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 10 prawns
- Diet: Gluten Free
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.
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
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, cooking wine and brown sugar. Stir and set aside.
- 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.
- Add green onions and serve.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Chinese
Keywords: prawns, Chinese prawns, garlic prawns, soy sauce prawns, seafood
Jessica {Swanky Recipes} says
This sounds amazing! The hubs would love me to make this dish. I love to use soy sauce to flavor meat dishes and I bet it taste wonderful in this dish, too!
Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
Thanks!! Soy sauce is so good in this dish, you will love it!
Sarah - The Charming Detroiter says
Wow these look so simple! I absolutely love prawns and I love finding new and simple ways of enjoying them 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
Anytime, Sarah 🙂
Peter @ Feed Your Soul Too says
Simple but deep flavor.
Lisa H| Lisa's Lemony Kitchen says
Your pan fried prawns looks plump and gorgeous.
i have to give it a go 😀
Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
Thanks! You will love it! 🙂
Bea says
These look so good and your photography is gorgeous!
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Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
Thanks Bea! You have to try it 🙂 It tastes as good as it looks!
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Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
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