Name: Chilli lime prawn and cashew stir-fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 500g peeled green prawns with tails intact; 2 red onions, thinly sliced; 1 bunch broccolini, cut into 3cm lengths; 1 small red capsicum, thinly sliced; 100g sugar snap peas, trimmed; 1⁄2 cup roasted cashews, plus extra, to serve; Thai basil, to garnish; Qukes (baby Lebenese cucumbers), diagonally sliced, to serve; Steamed rice, to serve; Stir-fry sauce; 2 garlic cloves, finely grated; 1/2 long red chilli, finely chopped; 2 Tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce); 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar; 2 Tbsp lime juice; 1 tsp caster sugar; 2 tsp cornflour

Chilli lime prawn and cashew stir-fry

Tickle your tastebuds with zing!

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

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The combo of kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), lime juice and rice wine vinegar gives this quick, fresh meal a sticky, zingy hit. Yum!

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Ingredients

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

500g peeled green prawns with tails intact

2 red onions, thinly sliced

1 bunch broccolini, cut into 3cm lengths

1 small red capsicum, thinly sliced

100g sugar snap peas, trimmed

1⁄2 cup roasted cashews, plus extra, to serve

Thai basil, to garnish

Qukes (baby Lebenese cucumbers), diagonally sliced, to serve

Steamed rice, to serve

Stir-fry sauce

2 garlic cloves, finely grated

1/2 long red chilli, finely chopped

2 Tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)

2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp lime juice

1 tsp caster sugar

2 tsp cornflour

Method

Combine stir-fry sauce ingredients with 2 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. Set aside.

Heat a wok over a high heat. Add 2 teaspoons of the oil and heat until surface shimmers slightly. Add prawns and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Set aside in a bowl.

Heat remaining oil in wok. Add onion, broccolini, capsicum and sugar snap peas. Stir-fry for 2 minutes. Return prawns to wok with stir-fry sauce and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until heated through. Stir in cashews.

Scatter with basil and extra cashews and serve with qukes and rice.

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'Fast' Ed Halmagyi is one of Australia’s best-loved TV chefs and food authors. For over a decade, Ed has appeared on television and radio, in newspapers, magazines and books.

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