Vietnamese orange caramel prawns.

Yesterday's dinner I made: Vietnamese orange caramel prawns. Ahhh this was was goood! it's sweet,sticky,salty with the fresh hint taste from the orange zest. Ummm yum and the prawns are all nice and caramelized with the coati g of the orange sauce.




Ingredients:
500 grams of fresh prawns(peeled,deveined with the tails on)
* 4 cloves of garlic ( crushed &minced) * 1 tbsp of fresh ginger grated (optional)
2 Tbsp of Rice bran oil or you can used (peanut oil or any neutral oil u like)
* Green onions cut into 1 inches. Orange sauce;
zest and juice of 1 orange
*1 tsp of sesame oil
*1 tbsp raw sugar or brown sugar.
1 1/2 tbsp of light soy sauce,
1/2 tbsp of fish sauce,
1 tsp of dark soy sauce,
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes or 1 small fresh chilli.
Method:
Season the prawns with sea salt and cracked white pepper. Let it marinade in the fridge for at least 2 hrs. Prepare all the ingredients, Heat up a wok or a large frying pan with 2 tbsp of oil. Fry the garlic and ginger until its lightly brown, add in the prawns and fry of both sides until its lightly golden brown. Transfer into a plate. Using the same pan, add 1 tbsp of sugar,the zest and juice of an orange,light soy sauce,fish sauce, sesame oil, cracked black pepper, dried chilli flakes or fresh. Bring up the pan onto high heat. Reduce the heat down. Add in the prawns , dark soy sauce transfer into a clay pot (if u have one. If u don't u can just use the same pan) and let it simmer for about 10 min. Add are little water if it gets to thick. Turn of the heat and add in the green onions.and serve with steamed rice.