This Prawns and Snow Peas Stir-Fry is a really fast and easy weeknight dinner dish filled with flavours. Likewise, a typical Chinese takeout stir-fry dish. Made with prawns, snow peas, carrots in a simple and aromatic garlic and ginger sauce. Besides, its simply delicious served with just steamed basmati rice. For my gluten free prawns and snow peas stir-fry. My ingredients are fresh king prawns, snow peas and carrots stir-fried in a garlic and ginger sauce. Moreover, I made the simple and tasty sauce with only gluten free light soy sauce. Plus gluten free oyster sauce and medium dry sherry. My prawns and snow peas stir-fry is not only gluten free. But also low carb, dairy free, egg free, corn free and nut free.
You may also like my other gluten free stir-fry dishes:
- Chicken and Bitter Melon Stir-Fry;
- Black Pepper Beef Stir-Fry;
- Mongolian Beef with Zucchini;
- Kale and Pork Stir-Fry;
- Minced Chicken and Eggplant Stir-Fry;
- Beef and Asparagus Stir-Fry; and
- Chicken with Celery and Cashew Nuts.
Is Stir-Frying Healthy?
Stir-frying or sautéing, with a wok is an extremely healthy way to cook. Because it utilizes small amount of oil. As well as maintains more nutrients in the food than boiling as they cook in such a rapid time. You will also get tender-crisp vegetables from stir-frying. Before cooking starts, make sure that you have prepared all the essential ingredients and set them aside. Once you have heated the oil to the right temperature, you can include the ingredients to the wok for stir-frying.
Furthermore, stir-frying is essentially a one pan dish involving only a wok, low in fats and calories. In addition, it encourages you to add more vegetables into your diet. Nonetheless, stir-fry dishes are highly versatile. You can transform the dish with different meat, seafood, tofu and vegetables. Plus a simple switch of sauces makes the stir-fry dish different and delicious.
Prawn and Snow Pea Stir-Fry
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 500 g king prawns shelled and deveined
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 inch ginger peeled and thinly sliced
- 300 g snow peas topped and tailed
- 4 baby carrots or 2 large carrots. Peeled and thinly sliced lengthwise
- steamed basmati rice to serve
For The Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon gluten free light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon gluten free oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoon medium dry sherry
Instructions
- Heat up a wok with 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, add garlic and ginger, and stir-fry until lightly golden on low heat.
- Add the carrots and stir-fry for 2 minutes on medium to high heat. Then add the prawns and stir-fry for another 2 minutes. Add the snow peas and the sauce and stir-fry until snow peas are tender-crisp and prawns are cooked throughout.
- Serve immediately with steamed rice.
