Har Lok (Dry-Fried Prawns)
Rabu, 09 Desember 2020
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Har lok (干煎虾碌) is a classic Cantonese prawn dish alongside a slight western influence. Prawns inward the vanquish are marinated alongside night soya sauce, pan-fried, hence tossed inward a sauce. The unproblematic sauce is made alongside love apple tree ketchup too Worcestershire sauce. There's lots of delicious umami flavour, too the scent is irresistible.
Har lok was the prawn dish that ruled the scene earlier (relative) newbies similar cereal prawns too butter prawns usurped its throne.
Back when every menage cooked practically everyday too eating out was a rare occasion, har lok was the centrepiece for festive occasions.
It's fallen yesteryear the wayside a bit, which is non necessarily a bad affair because that makes room for novel dishes. But let's non totally forget the Cantonese classic, shall we?
Strictly speaking, har lok shouldn't live on made alongside whole prawns. It should live on made alongside chopped upward pieces because "har lok" means simply that, prawn pieces. But the chopped upward pieces would live on actually small-scale unless I accept huge – read expensive – prawns.
The scrooge inward me forbids paying for big prawns, entirely to chop 'em up. So delight excuse me for making har lok which isn't truthful to its name, alongside smaller, cheaper whole prawns.Chopped upward or not, har lok is delicious hence long equally the prawns are succulent too fragrant.
This is an slow recipe. Your har lok volition live on delicious hence long equally the prawns are fresh too non overcooked. Frying prawns inward the vanquish gives them an irresistible aroma. You'll drool earlier the dish is done. And you'll lick the plate construct clean afterward it's done.
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
INGREDIENTS
- 16 prawns, 600 g – trim, devein, rinse, dry out thoroughly alongside newspaper towels
- ½ tbsp night soya sauce
- ½ tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp love apple tree ketchup
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- ⅛ tsp white sesame oil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Marinate prawns alongside night soya sauce too common salt for fifteen minutes.
- In a bowl, stir Worcestershire sauce, love apple tree ketchup too saccharide till thoroughly mixed. Set aside.
- In a wok or pan, tike prawns inward really hot stone oil over high rut till 70-80% cooked, inward batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding. Transfer to a plate.
- Drizzle two tbsp H2O to a greater extent than or less the pan/wok. Swirl to deglaze. Add Worcestershire sauce mixture. Reduce sauce till slightly thickened. Taste too conform seasoning if necessary. Add prawns too toss till good coated too fully cooked. Sprinkle alongside a few drops of white sesame oil. Plate too serve.