Stir-fry Prawns with XO Sauce

by wiffy on January 24, 2011

in Asian,Chinese,Chinese New Year Recipes,Seafood,Shellfish,Stir Frying

Stir-fry Prawns in XO Sauce

With Chinese New Year around the corner, many people are including prawns in their menu because the word sounds like “ha” in Cantonese and some other Chinese dialects, symbolizing laughter (笑 “哈哈”) and happiness. This is an easy recipe for stir-fry prawns, for one can hardly go wrong with XO Sauce. XO Sauce is a seafood sauce popular in Cantonese cuisine, and it is a sauce I recently started to use and really like. It’s slightly pricey because of the presence of dried scallops. To me, it is a god-sent sauce for stir frying, especially for a lazy cook like me. Foods coated in XO sauce just taste good. With the yummy sauce, you don’t need a lot of other marinades and condiments to season the food.

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Ingredients
(Serves 2)

- 10 medium to large prawns, shells (except tail end) and veins removed
- 1 bell pepper, de-seeded, cut to bite-sized pieces
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp cooking oil

(A) XO sauce (combine well)
- 1 tbsp XO sauce
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp Chinese wine

Directions
1. Heat oil in wok. Stir fry garlic till fragrant.
2. Add bell pepper wedges, stir fry for about 1-2 minutes till cooked.
3. Add prawns. Stir fry for a brief few seconds and you will start to see the prawns curling and turning opaque. Add the xo sauce mixture (A) and stir fry till the prawns are fully cooked and well coated in the sauce.

Ingredients Used bell pepper • chinese wine • garlic • light soy sauce • prawn • xo sauce

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1 Tastes of Home (Jen) January 24, 2011 at 9:45 pm

XO sauce is one of my top favourite sauces! Love your timely dish with the ‘ha’ and the luxurious sauce :D

2 norma January 24, 2011 at 10:18 pm

It is always a pleasure coming to you and learning new things.

Happy New Year to you and yours.!

3 lisaiscooking January 24, 2011 at 11:38 pm

I’ll have to look for XO sauce. Your prawns look fantastic with the garlic and bell peppers!

4 Sook January 25, 2011 at 3:21 am

Mmm the sauce looks fabulous! I bet it went so well with the prawns.

5 daphne January 25, 2011 at 6:58 am

That is so true. And some spiciness of the sauce goes so well with the prawns too.

6 Little Inbox January 25, 2011 at 8:57 am

Yes, this is a prosperous dish for CNY. :)

7 masterofboots January 25, 2011 at 9:18 am

i love XO sauce. I can eat it on its own.

8 Pipana January 25, 2011 at 10:43 am

Hello, Wiffy ^^

Oh, it’s soon CNY in Singapore huh.
I almost forgot about that!
Thanks for the reminder ^_-
I don’t wanna forget such a great traditional event of the place where I grew up!

This looks really tasty :9 Yum!

9 Pepy @Indonesia Eats January 25, 2011 at 12:18 pm

I miss CNY celebration in Indonesia. Huhhh, got some goodies from my Peranakan neighbours at that day. Anyway, your prawns look so yummy!

10 Min {Honest Vanilla} January 25, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Perfect idea for reunion dinner :)

11 mochachocolatarita January 25, 2011 at 2:42 pm

OMG! I just did this dish too…will post soon ;)

12 tigerfish January 25, 2011 at 3:30 pm

You are right! Food coated with XO sauce taste good!

13 Christine@Christine's Recipes January 25, 2011 at 4:56 pm

I love prawns 蝦 very much, Ha!
You’re right. It’s very good to have 蝦 for Chinese New Year. The name, the taste and the looking, all are best. I’m going to make a dish of stir fried prawns this year too.

14 Quay Po Cooks January 25, 2011 at 9:01 pm

I have a jar of XO sauce handy and I love prawns. I got to make this! Your picture is fabulous!

15 blackbookkitchendiaries January 26, 2011 at 7:15 am

this dish sounds so yummy! stir fry prawns are alway a big hit at my home.

16 Little Corner of Mine January 27, 2011 at 2:06 am

Lovely! I like anything in XO sauce.

17 food-4tots January 27, 2011 at 2:16 am

XO sauce is my favourite. I added some whenever I ate my dried shrimp noodles. It’s a great idea to use it for stir-fry. I bet this dish is full of flavour and perfect for this CNY.

18 Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets January 27, 2011 at 2:37 am

Fast shrimp dishes are a favorite of mine! I’ve actually never had XO sauce before and would love to give it a shot.

19 JQ January 28, 2011 at 12:50 pm

May I know which brand of XO sauce do you use? =)

20 wiffy February 3, 2011 at 4:11 pm: Hi JQ, sorry for my late reply. I bought my XO Sauce from Hong Kong, it’s a brand called 樓上 http://www.hkjebn.com/en/index.php. In Singapore, I think Lee Kum Kee is a good brand :)

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21 Cat @ ButteryBakery February 1, 2011 at 1:32 am

Can you use XO with tofu?

22 wiffy February 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm: Hi Cat, sometimes I add fried bean curd (tau kwa) pieces to my stir fry with XO Sauce before, and I liked it.

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23 Sparkles February 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm

yup, what brand of XO sauce do you use? I only see Lee Kum Kee brand in ntuc and cold storage…

24 wiffy February 3, 2011 at 4:14 pm: hey SS, happy CNY! :D Hope you are well. See my reply to JQ above regarding the XO sauce.

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25 sparkles February 13, 2011 at 11:56 pm

thanks! that’s good, i am heading to hong kong this week and will look out for it! do you want me to get more for you if i do find it? can sms me :-)

26 Ivy @ My Simple Food February 19, 2011 at 2:39 am

I will try this. I bought some XO sauce and have not cooked with it yet. Thanks for recipe.

27 Joseph November 11, 2011 at 9:06 pm

I tried this today. When I was actually cooking it, i\I thought there might bee too much XO Sauce, but the finished dish is really delicious. I added the white part of 2 spring onions because I love spring onions. Wonderful recipe.

28 mandy June 1, 2012 at 6:19 am

I agree with lisaiscooking, can’t wait to try!