Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I love booze.
I love garlic.
I love sucking heads. Andrew Zimmern knows.
Dinner in 10 minutes. ‘Nuff said.
Ingredients
Simple Dipping Sauce
Directions
Smash the garlic cloves on the chopping board with the side of your knife.
Add some oil to a deep pan over medium heat. Toss the garlic cloves in the oil until slightly golden.
Turn the heat onto high. Add the prawns and the sake. Quickly cover with the lid.
Every minute, hold the lid tight and shake the pan to toss the prawns without releasing any steam.
The prawns are cooked when their flesh is firm, their eyes are grey, and their shells turn orangy-red completely. Depending on the size, this will take 4-7 minutes.
Ladle the prawns, garlic cloves, and sake broth into deep bowls.
Combine dipping sauce ingredients.
Peel, dip, eat, slurp, and repeat.
Serve with a crusty baguette to soak up all the briny essence.
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Comments (19)
December 15th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Those prawns are incredible looking! I’ve never seen a group that looked so fresh and shiny! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Ahh…. how gorgeous does that like! And what can be better then putting dinner on the table in 10 minutes!
December 15th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Oh my. Just scrumptious and beautiful! I want. Love prawns. I feel like I have not had seafood in months! Must change that after seeing these.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am
YUM! What would you know, I love booze, garlic & shrimp heads tooo! I can’t wait till our spot prawns are back in season. Great dish :D
December 15th, 2009 at 10:33 am
This looks delicious, I love the photos!
December 15th, 2009 at 11:31 am
I love your honesty. I love those prawns! :)
December 15th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Nice zimmern quote, he sure does suck alot of heads…
I love this recipe it sounds so easy and delish, I would have to use shrimp tales because I cannot find whole shrimp locally. Thanks!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Talk about a fancy 10 minute meal! Looks incredible
December 15th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
omg…..this looks so~~~~~~~~~ good!
December 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
mmm… drunken prawns look yummy… <3
December 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
How can you go wrong when you mix booze with an easy recipe? Looks delicious.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Just wanted to say I love your photos of your food! So gorgeous and makes me hungry every time I visit your site. :)
December 16th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Thanks sook :) you’re so sweet. Loving those cookie dough truffles on your blog!
December 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Helllo Mel
Nice dish that you have here ! I am hungry now and yes your photos are quoerb! CHeers from Paris !Pierre
December 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
the colors from the prawns look so vibrant and delicious. I’m just getting hungry from looking at the photos
December 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Gorgeous photos!!! Just a beautiful post. Best to you from Montecito, California.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
haaa.. the shrimp video. How can i forget? :)
Those live prawns look incredible. I’m jealous. They’re much harder to find here on the east coast. Beautifully done!
December 17th, 2009 at 5:50 am
I love the simplicity of this dish. You have subtly enhanced the flavor of the prawns witht he sake, and it can’t hurt that it would taste great with another great sake brew! Nice touch!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Oh my, my eyes lit up seeing your photos of these gorgeous prawns. They sound amazing!
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