Ingredients

• 250 gm - prawns
• 1 tbsp - light soy sauce
• 1 tsp - Chinese rice wine or dry cherry
• 2 tsp - corn flour
• Oil for deep frying
• 3 - spring onions, to garnish
• For spicy salt and pepper:
• 1 tbsp - ground Szechwan peppercorns
• 1 tbsp - five-spice powder (Chinese)
• 1 tbsp - salt

How to Make Spicy Salt And Pepper Prawns

• Pull the soft legs off the prawns (shrimp) but keep the body shell on.
• Dry well on absorbent kitchen paper (paper towels).
• Place the prawns (shrimp) in a bowl with the soy sauce, rice wine or sherry and corn flour (corn-starch).
• Turn the prawns (shrimp) to coat thoroughly with the mixture and leave to marinate for about 25-30 minutes.
• To make the spicy salt and pepper, mix the salt, ground Szechwan peppercorns and five spice powder together.
• Place in a dry frying pan (skillet) and stir-fry for about 3-4 minutes over a low heat stirring constantly to prevent the spices burning on the bottom of the pan.
• Remove from the heat and allow to cool.