Transform Your Prawns into a Tasty Noodle-Wrapped Indulgence

Love prawns? So do the Chinese, and the fried noodle-wrapped prawn is a scrumptious treat to share with your friends and family! Especially joyful to make and savour for Lunar New Year celebrations.

That’s because prawn in Cantonese is ‘Har’, the obvious homonym to the sound of laughter, and the Lunar New Year is sure to be filled with lots of that. And so, to savour prawns in any festive dish is also to bring more joy, luck and happiness for everyone in the months to come!

Add more laughter and delicious joy to your festivities with the Chinese fried noodle-wrapped prawns! Here’s how to make it:

Step 1: Prep the ingredients

Large tiger prawns are best for this dish. Remove the heads and devein, keep the tails on. Get fresh egg noodles for the wrap.

For the dipping sauce, mix 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon each of dark soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, 1 finely chopped fresh red chilli, 1 finely sliced spring onion stalk, as well as a dash of sugar and sesame oil. This creates a savoury, tangy and lightly spicy sauce to enrich the prawns’ flavour. You can make the dipping sauce first, and let the blend sit in.

Step 2: Cook the noodles

Fill a saucepan or small pot with enough water to submerge the egg noodles, and heat it to a boil. Then, put the noodles to cook for about 30 seconds. Transfer them into a bowl of cold water. This will halt the cooking and leave the egg noodles springy, while saving time for the noodles to cool.

Step 3: Wrap the prawns

Remove the noodles from the cold water and transfer them to a bowl. Stir in a tablespoon of cooking oil to prevent the strands from sticking together. Next, wrap the noodles firmly around each prawn, one by one. Cooked egg noodles aren’t as fragile as they look, but handle them gently so they don’t break as you wrap.

Step 4: Fry & serve!

First, line a wire rack with kitchen towels for the fried prawns later.

Heat up a wok or a frying pan with enough cooking oil to submerge the prawns. Test the oil by dipping a chopstick; if it bubbles, the oil is ready.

Slide the noodle-wrap prawns gently into the boiling oil, and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes, until the noodles are evenly golden and browned, and the prawns are well-cooked.

Transfer the fried prawns to the prepared wire rack to drain excess oil. This ensures the noodle wrap stays crispy while the prawns inside remain tender and supple.

Serve with the dipping sauce and enjoy. Yup, it’s that easy! Get the simplified recipe here.