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FRIED RICE AND PRAWNS (SHRIMP)

When you‘ve got one eye on the clock and a meal to make this the one! Made in a trice, yet simply stunning to look at, its taste belies its simplicity.

Ingredients:


SERVES 4

60 g/ 2 oz/ ¼ cup butter
3 tbsp vegetable oil
500 g/1 1b/ 3 cups cooked basmati rice
6 spring onions (scallions), sliced finely
125 g/4 oz mangetout (snow peas), halved
1 carrot, cut into fine julienne strips
125 g/4 oz canned water chestnuts, drained and sliced
1 small crisp lettuce, shredded
350 g/12 oz peeled tiger prawns (shrimp)
1 large red chilli, deseeded and sliced diagonally
3 egg yolks
4 tsp sesame oil
salt and pepper

Directions

1.            Heat the butter and the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan (skillet) or wok, add the cooked rice and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

2.            Add the spring onions (scallions), mangetout (snow peas), carrot, water chestnuts, and salt and pepper to taste, mixing well. Stir-fry over a medium heat for a further 2 minutes.

3.            Add the shredded lettuce, prawns (shrimp) and chilli and stir-fry for a further 2 minutes.

4.            Beat the egg yolks with the sesame oil and stir into the pan, coating the rice and vegetable mixture cook for about 2 minutes to set the egg mixture

5.            Serve the rice and prawns (shrimp) at once on warmed plates.

FRIED RICE
For perfect fried rice, it is best to cook the rice ahead of time and allow it to cool completely before adding to the hot oil. In that way the rice grains will remain separate, and the rice will not become lumpy or heavy.

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