October 20, 2006
Shrimp with Chili Oil - That’s hot! I love it!
I am a bit upset that I cannot find fresh red chili padi in the supermarkets here. Chili padi is the smallest (about one inch in length) and hottest chili (rated ten on a scale of one to ten) I have ever known in the chili family.
Thanks to a previous eggplant recipe I tried, I now have some Lee Kum Kee chili oil in my pantry for use in this shrimp in chili oil stir-fry recipe.
Ingredients (2 Servings):
- 6 large shrimp, heads on
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp corn flour
- 3 large garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 slices ginger
- 1/2 large white or yellow onion, cut into big pieces
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
Method:
1. Add white pepper and corn flour to shrimp. Mix well. Cooking Tip: The corn flour is used to seal in the juices of the prawn during the stir-fry process and also to provide some stickiness to the cooked shrimp.
2. Heat up a saucepan with 1 tbsp of chili oil. Medium heat.
3. Add in garlic and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Add in the marinated prawns. Just stir fry a bit or the corn flour may be “lost”.
5. Add in the onions.
6. Wait for the prawns to be half-cooked before adding in the oyster sauce, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce. If you add in the sauces too early, they may turn watery.
7. Stir fry until the prawns are cooked. (They turn into an orangey colour and curl up tightly)
8. Serve with steamed white rice.
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October 20th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Ya man, also have difficulty finding that. Now I use red chilli pepper flakes to substitute, and getting so used to it…because I don’t have to cut red chilli anymore and get that burning sensation on my fingers :o
October 20th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
I don’t think I can find the regular red and green chili as well. Dang!
October 21st, 2006 at 8:18 pm
think i’ve seen those regular red chilli in ranch99 before, though it looks wee bit “fatter”.
October 22nd, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Ha! Yes I saw it yesterday at Ranch99. Thanks! There was also some small green ones available, called “Thai Chili”. I bought those to mix with my light soy sauce. Problem was that I only tasted the spiciness when I bit on the chili. The chili had little or no effect on the soy sauce.