Honey Prawns - stays crispy for ages!
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Honey Prawns - stays crispy for ages!

NUTRITION · PER SERVING30M COOK
CAL 100%·PRO 34%
CARBS 67G13% OF CAL
1G FIBER40G OTHER26G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 197G88% OF CAL
28G SAT169G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Battered and deep-fried shrimp coated in a honey-soy glaze that stays crispy for hours thanks to a double-coating technique. Restaurant-style Chinese takeout at home.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 4
  • 300g/ 10oz prawns/shrimp (, peeled with tail on (600g/1.2lb whole unpeeled) (Note 1))
  • 1/2 tsp kosher/cooking salt ((halve for table salt))
  • 1/2 cup cornflour/cornstarch
  • 9 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch ((Note 2))
  • 6 tbsp flour (, plain/all-purpose)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder ((NOT baking soda))
  • 1/2 tsp salt (, kosher/cooking (halve for table salt))
  • 2/3 cup + 1 tbsp COLD soda water, club soda or seltzer water ((NOT sparkling mineral water, Note 3))
  • 3 - 4 cups vegetable or canola oil ((~4cm / 1.5" depth in a pot))
  • 1/3 cup (100g) honey
  • 1.5 tbsp (25g) glucose OR corn syrup (light) ((Note 4))
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce ((or all-purpose))
  • 2 tsp Chinese cooking wine ((or mirin))
  • 25g / 2 oz Vermicelli rice noodles (optional) (, a wad of it (not mung bean noodles, it must be rice noodles))
  • Sesame seeds, finely sliced green onions
PREP
10M
SODIUM
850MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.