Name: Thai spicy prawns
Ingredients: 12 prawns; 2 chillies; 2 peices ginger; 5 cloves garlic (minced); 2 shallots (minced); 3 stalks lemongrass; 1 tbsp cooking wine; salt and pepper; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1 lime (juiced)

A great Thai appetizer that works up an appetite to make your dinner pop. This dish also has the aroma to make you blissful.

Thai spicy prawns

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Ingredients

12 prawns
2 chillies
2 peices ginger
5 cloves garlic minced
2 shallots minced
3 stalks lemongrass

prawn marinade

1 tbsp cooking wine
salt and pepper

sauce

1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 lime juiced

Instructions

Butterfly the prawns by slicing from the tail to the front of the prawns. Do not cut all the way through.
Marinate prawns with Chinese cooking wine, salt and pepper for 10 minutes.
Remove the tough outer leaves, upper stalk and the bulb of the lemongrass. Bash with a kitchen mallet and then cut into 3-inch sections.
In a hot wok, fry ginger, shallot, garlic, lemongrass and chilies until they are aromatic. Then add prawns and cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add fish sauce, sugar and lime juice.