Drunken Prawn Soup

While I was shopping for groceries at NTUC Finest, I came across some very big, fresh prawns. Prawn is not one of my favourites but I could not resist the temptations. I had no idea how I would cook them but I bought them anyway. Be it steam, stir fry, boil, fry...I am sure there would a way to deal with them later :)

This is the first time I cook prawns. Ok, I know little of how to cook them. One thing I do know is the cooking time is short, roughly 5 minutes. Good thing is, there is always internet to help me out! :)

I searched and found one interesting recipe, "Drunken Prawns Soup". Decided to give it a try. Well, never try never know...I am always adventurous when it comes to discovering something new. The following website is referenced but I did some tweaking to my taste.

Kuali.com

Ingredients:
(yields soup for 2 persons)

A)
6-7 big Prawns (trimmed with skin intact)

B)
2 tbsp Ginger (shredded)
1 Dried Scallop
3 slices Dang Gui ( 当归)
2 sticks Dang Shen (党参)
5-6 slices Pak Kei
2 tbsp Wolfberries
600ml water

C)
1 tbsp sugar
½ tbsp light soy sauce
½ tbsp oyster sauce
Salt to taste
1 tsp sesame oil
¼ tsp pepper
3/4 tbsp water

D)
1/3 cup Rice Wine
Salt to taste

E)
Noodle (cooked and put aside) - Optional

Method

1) Boil ingredients B) for about an hour.

2) Add in seasoning C) & A) and cook for about 3-5 minutes.

3) Add in D) and boil for another 30 sec.

4) Scoop the soup and pour over Noodle.

Results

Yummi-licious!!! We had great fun cooking in the kitchen. The aroma from the herbs was fragrant. The soup was flavourful and invigorating. We had a very satisfied, sumptuous meal! Burrrrpppp~