I love love love prawns (or better known as shrimps in some parts of the world.). This dish - combining ketchup, tomatoes and prawns - is such an easy, fuss free and yummy way of cooking prawns. 
Ingredients
(Serves 2)10 large prawns (shrimps), shells & veins removed (I leave the tails intact)
1/2 tbsp vegetable/olive oil
1/2 tbsp chopped garlic
1/4 cup of ketchup, mixed with 25 ml of water
1 chilli, deseeded and cut to long strips (add more if you want it spicier)
1 small tomato, cut to small chucksDirections
1. Heat oil in wok and fry garlic & chilli till fragrant.
2. Add prawns and fry till they are almost cooked.
3. Add the ketchup solution and stir evenly till the paste bubbles. Serve with warm rice.Note: You can stir in a beaten egg to cook at step 3 if you like.
Credits: Adapted from philliptan’s ketchup prawns
==
Related recipes:
- Tomato Rice
- Wasabi Prawns
- Aglio Olio with Prawns
==
This post is submitted to Weekend Wokking’s theme of cooking tomatoes, hosted this month by Blazing Hot Wok. Check out the round-up here.
{ 24 comments… add your comment }
I like this dish too! Yours looks better than restaurant
Reply
Ketchup gets sneaked into cooking alot, eh? I think a splash of Worcestershire would go nice here.
Reply
Yummy, I love ketchup prawns that my mum used to cook. Add some onions, perfect! Lovely orange hue.
Reply
Yum, I love prawns! Any and every which way
Reply
I’ve got to try this. The Kids love ketchup!
Reply
This is an authentic home-cooked food
Reply
they look succulent and tasty! yum!
Reply
Oh, yum! I love the idea!
Reply
We love prawns too but don’t eat it too much nowadays. We feel bad about the environmental damage the shrimp fishing and farming does.
Of course, every now and then, we do a dish that must use prawns. So we feel bad eating it, but not sooo bad…
Reply
hehe. I wouldnt be able to resist adding chili padi in there. But that looks great!!
Reply
A chunk of bread to suck up the juices….and I am a happy camper..
Reply
Those prawns look good! I really like simple and tasty prawn dishes as well.
Reply
Thanks everyone, I’m blushing like the hue of tomato, haa!
Nate: Oh dear … prawns are like my fave seafood … I should consume less (in view of cholesterol and my allergy as well)
Reply
I’ve made shrimp a bunch of ways but never with ketchup–where have I been?! This looks and sounds delicious. I can’t wait to try it.
Reply
I love prawns/shrimp too, and these look fantastically simple and delicious!
Reply
I like prawns, too. And, would like to share with you my prawn recipes. Thanks!
Reply
Yum! I know them as shrimp. I thought that the two were different, though. I always learn something when I visit your blog!
Reply
This looks great. Ha! Loved how you managed to get two kinds of tomatoes into this month’s challenge. I don’t think anyone’s done a tomato shrimp recipe yet.
Reply
Looks delicious… I love ketchup… Cant wait to try this… Thanks for the detailed ingredents and instructions.
Reply
OMG, the pictures of the prawns just jumped off my computer! What a beautiful dish and great entry!
Reply
E for KC, juhuacha: Thanks n hope u like it! Feel free to give me any feedback
Tom Aarons: Thanks & welcome!
MWL: Thanks! Nice blog u have!
Katie: In Singapore, we tend to refer to shrimps as the smaller prawns. But I noticed that in the western countries, people refer to what we call ‘prawns’ as shrimps
-> confused look 
WC: Thanks! Actually I wasn’t sure if ketchup counted as ‘tomato’ in the strictest sense, so I added tomato chunks
WORC: Thanks … you are so kind
Reply
I just tried this recipe on Fri.
Gosh, it’s really nice and I think it tastes like Chilli Crab. Especially with the egg beaten in.
Thanks for the great recipe!
Reply
Thanks for your feedback Josephine … glad to hear your like it
Reply
I also cook something similar to this, but no ketchup, more tomatoes (if tomatoes aren’t sweet, add a dash of granulated white or brown sugar), & I use garlic chili.
I substitute the prawns with either fried hard-boiled eggs (cut in half length-wise) or deep fried eggplant (deep fried with tempura batter & egg or you can just use the normal flour & egg batter).
The taste is more spicy & less tangy (because no ketchup)
Reply