Baby prawns and broccoli fried rice with oyster sauce
November 19, 2009 • Hello. I am currently out of the country and unable to respond to comments and e-mails. Rest assured, however, that future posts have been scheduled so new recipes will go live almost everyday during my absence. I'll be back soon with lots of stories and photos. Ciao for now! ~ ConnieWe cook what we can afford. And, as much as my kids love those plump juicy prawns, they can only enjoy them occasionally. It’s final exams week and, during times like this, I pamper them with food they like to make sure they eat heartily. A special occasion, in a manner of speaking, that justified buying some baby prawns. Half a kilo of baby prawns wouldn’t be enough had I cooked them as an entree. But, as the main ingredient in a Chinese style fried rice dish, there was more than enough for everyone.
You can buy unshelled prawns or, if you trust your seafood supplier, you can buy them shelled and neatly arranged in a styrofoam tray. I bought them shelled from Shopwise Supermarket. But I wouldn’t buy shelled prawns in the wet market.
To make your baby prawns and broccoli fried rice, you will need about 400 grams of prawns (shelled weight, or about 500 to 600 grams if they are unshelled, cut into halves if they are large), 5-6 cups of cold cooked rice, 2 eggs, a medium-sized head of broccoli, a carrot, 2 Chinese sausages (longganisang macau), about a dozen stalks of onions leaves, a garlic, 1/4 cup of oyster sauce, salt, pepper, sesame seed oil and a about 6 tablespoonfuls of vegetable cooking oil.
Prepare the vegetables. Finely mince the garlic. Cut the onion leaves into 2-inch lengths. Cut the broccoli into florets. Peel the carrot and dice or cut into very small cubes.
Heat about a tablespoonful of oil in a non-stick frying pan.
Beat the eggs lightly and fry in hot oil until lightly browned on the underside. Transfer to a chopping board, roll up and cut into thin strips. Set aside.
Slice the Chinese sausages thinly and fry in the remaining oil. Set aside.
Heat the remaining cooking oil in a wok. Cook the carrots first as they take longest to cook. Then add the garlic and the broccoli and stir fry for about 30 seconds.
Add the baby prawns and cook for about 45 seconds or just until they change color.
Add the onion leaves and stir.
Add the rice. Pour in the oyster sauce and season with salt (easy on the salt) and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the rice is heated through.
Add the egg strips and fried Chinese sausages. Stir to distribute evenly.
Turn off the heat, pour in the sesame seed oil stir a few more times and serve immediately.
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your baby prawns look so fresh connie and the dish just made me crave for fried rice right this minute! have a good weekend!
We ate in a Thai Rest and they served this fried rice. I’ve tried this at home and really taste good.Now, kasama na sya sa list ng catering ko.
Have a nice day!
perfect timing connie. i got some prawns yesterday. i use soy paste for fried rice but this time i will try oyster sauce. my friend from bacolod told me a long time ago that prawn business was a good business but he pronounced it as “prune” so i said i didn’t know that prunes grow in bacolod.
where can you buy shelled prawns?
This look fabulous, delicious, and easy to make!
I love your idea! I would definetely make this tomorrow. My boys love prawns too, but with such a hefty price tag we can’t indulge in it too often. Exams are now over for them, and we make it a point to go out right after exams…it’s swimming for us this afternoon
By the way, read your article in Code Red. Congratulations! Your article hit really close to home since we love taking our boys to UPLB too. Drinking fresh milk and eating pastillas is something we don’t miss out on.
cameron, try combining soy paste with oyster sauce. it works!
Nadia, nice to know another UPLB habitue. I miss DTRI. Di bale, summer is almost here.
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tita, when you say “garlic”, you mean a WHOLE HEAD of garlic?
in other recipes too, you call for a head of garlic…. which means, ummmm, the whole bunch of garlic cloves?
and if so, how big is a head of garlic?
they might be bigger here, so i might put in too much garlic…
Jamie, I use Taiwan garlic which is about 2 inches in diameter.
hi miss connie! i’ve been reading and trying your recipes for quite some time now. thank you so much for being soooo generous in sharing your recipes. its because of you that i am now able to cook REAL (and YUMMY and HEALTHY) meals.:wink: i will try baking next time. i still need to learn how to use the oven (wedding gift last 2003, never tried to use it, dont know how
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I agree with you michele..Everytime na magiinternet ako kasama na tlga si ms.connie sa binibisita ko. And yun nga, ms.connie was very generous in sharing her recipes, isama mo pa yung brand ng mga ginagamit nyang condiments.. Im currently abroad and she helps me a lot in preparing our meals. Have to be bibo kase newly wed..lol thanks ms.connie! mwah!
Wow seems yummy
. I like fried rice. In my country, fried rice seller always turn around at night.
I usually Fried rice with baby prawns get in chinese resto