Broken Prawns

BROKEN PRAWNS 

Time required: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

• 12 prawns
• 2 tablespoons of white flour fry oil
• 1 spring onion
• 8 slices of fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 pinch of monosodium glutamate
• (optional)
• 1 tablespoon Shão Xing lão ji Chinese
• wine 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Procedure:

1. Remove the antennae and legs from the prawns, score them along the back to remove the innards and cut them in half. Wash them, dry them, roll them in flour. 
2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the wok and sautè the prawn halves until they are golden brown; place them on absorbent paper and keep them warm.
3. Cut spring onion and ginger into strips; put a little oil back into the wok and saute the aforementioned strips until they give off the
4. characteristic scent; then add salt, glutamate, wine, sesame oil to the wok, then put the prawns back in, mix and reduce for a couple of minutes over moderate heat.