Food & Wine
Prawn and tofu stir-fry
Fresh, flavoursome and very delicious this recipe makes one of the tastiest prawn and tofu stir-fries you’ll try and is a great way to get your greens.
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 12 green prawns, peeled, deveined, tails left intact
- 1 bunch Chinese broccoli, cut into 5cm lengths, or 3 bok choy
- 4 asparagus spears, trimmed, cut into 5cm lengths
- 2cm ginger, peeled, finely grated
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ cup oyster sauce
- 300g medium tofu, drained on paper towels, cubed 3cm
- Steamed brown rice and thinly sliced
- Red chilli to serve
Method:
- Heat half the oil in a wok or large frying pan over high heat.
- Season the prawns with salt, then stir-fry for 3 minutes until lightly golden.
- Remove and set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in the wok.
- Stir-fry the broccoli and asparagus for 1-2 minutes (if using bok choy, stir-fry for two minutes before adding the asparagus), add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry for a further minute.
- Add the white and black pepper, sugar and oyster sauce and mix to combine, then carefully add the tofu and prawns and cook for 2 minutes or until warmed through, taking care not to break up the tofu too much.
- Serve on brown rice, sprinkled with chilli.
Written by Olivia Andrews. First appeared on Stuff.co.nz.
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