Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, har lok (cantonese prawn style). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
HAR LOK (CANTONESE STYLE FRIED-PRAWNS IN SPECIAL SAUCE) Recipe source: Singapore Heritage Food by author, Sylvia Tan. Har lok (Cantonese dry fry prawns). Choosing the correct prawns size to use.
Har Lok (Cantonese prawn style) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Har Lok (Cantonese prawn style) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have har lok (cantonese prawn style) using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Har Lok (Cantonese prawn style):
- Make ready 1 tablespoon sugar
- Prepare 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- Prepare 2 tablespoon fish sauce
- Make ready Prawn
- Make ready Leek
- Take Chili pepper
- Take Fried chili (optional if u want it spicy)
- Prepare Red onion
- Get Garlic
- Prepare Ginger
- Take Black pepper (I have mixed it in the sauces)
Most people have their own version of this sauce when they make it at home. I came across recipes using black beans, xo sauce, fermented salted beans, etc so as you can tell, the sauce ingredients is flexible. To the Cantonese, prawns (pronounced as "ha" in Cantonese) symbolize laughter and happiness, and they would often serve the Cantonese Style Stir-Fried Prawns in Sauce during festive occasions. This classic and simple-to-make Cantonese dish is also known as Har Lok - one that holds deliciously sweet and savoury flavours that everybody loves.
Instructions to make Har Lok (Cantonese prawn style):
- Prepare all your ingredients as below
- Fry your prawn first and put aside. Then fry your ginger,garlic,red onion and fry chilies also leek.As below in the picture.Then add in your sauces and abit of water.
- Leave it for about 3-4 minutes medium heat. And then add in your prawn And big red chilies.Stir well and leave it about 2-3 minutes. There you are done and ready to serve. Always remember to keep taste on your gravy,if you fee its taste not according to your liking you can always add bit of this and that.Happy try…
These Har Lok or Cantonese-Style Fried Prawns were once a popular entree served as part of a banquet meal in most Chinese restaurants across Malaysia. The prawns are deep-fried and then coat with a spicy, sweet and salty sauce. You can now enjoy this dish at most Chinese or seafood restaurant, or simply make it at home with this easy recipe. Har Lok (Stir-Fried Prawns) is a Cantonese dish often served during festive occasions or family dinners. Prawns are pronounced as "har" in Cantonese, symbolising laughter and happiness.
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