Vietnamese Tamarind Prawns

Name: Vietnamese Tamarind Prawns
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 600g large prawns, peeled with tails on; 2 tbsp tamarind paste; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 red chillies, sliced; 2 tbsp oil; spring onion and coriander to garnish

Caramelised prawns in tamarind, fish sauce and chilli — Vietnamese tôm rim.

Total time

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

600glarge prawns, peeled with tails on

2 tbsptamarind paste

3 tbspfish sauce

2 tbspsugar

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2red chillies, sliced

2 tbspoil

spring onion and corianderto garnish

Instructions

Mix tamarind, fish sauce and sugar.

Fry garlic and chilli in oil 1 minute.

Add prawns. Cook 2 minutes.

Add tamarind sauce.

Toss on high heat until sauce reduces and caramelises.

Garnish and serve with rice.