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Ken Hom's Sichuan prawns in chilli sauce recipe
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Ken Hom's Sichuan prawns in chilli sauce recipe

12 ingredients 15 min + 10 min 4 people openrecipes

Sichuan cooking is popular throughout China. I can see why - next to Cantonese, it is one of my favourite culinary regions of Chinese cookery.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

468
Calories
27g
Protein
28g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Bean not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0
Cider not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 450 uncooked prawns
  • g groundnut oil
  • 1.5 finely chopped fresh ginger
  • tbsp finely chopped garlic
  • 2 finely chopped spring onions
  • tsp spring onions, sliced lengthways
  • 2 tomato purée
  • tsp chilli bean sauce
  • 2 Chinese black vinegar or cider vinegar
  • tbsp sugar
  • 1 sesame oil
  • cup salt and black pepper

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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