Vietnamese Seafood Recipes - Fried Prawns with Green Onion (Tom Kho Tau)

  
 

Seafood Recipes - Fried Prawns With Green Onion (Tom Kho Tau)

Ingredients

  • 12 spring onions

  • 375g (3/4 lb) raw prawns

  • 3 tbsp oil

  • 1 tbsp fish sauce

  • 2 tsp sugar

  • 1 lettuce

  • mint sprigs

Method:

  1. Chop spring onions into 4 cm (1 1/2 inch) pieces. Peel and devein prawns, leaving heads and tail fins intact, if preferred. Wash  and pat dry. With a small sharp knife make deep incisions down the backs of prawns which will make them curl during cooking.

  2. Heat oil in a large frying-pan and fry prawns and spring onions for 3-4 minutes. Splash on fish sauce. Add sugar and stir on moderate heat for another 2 minutes.

  3. Shred lettuce or wipe leaves. Arrange in a serving dish. Top with cooked prawns and garnish with sprigs of mint.