Recipe: Appetizing Salt and Pepper Shrimp / Prawn with Basmati Rice

Salt and Pepper Shrimp / Prawn with Basmati Rice.

You can have Salt and Pepper Shrimp / Prawn with Basmati Rice using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Salt and Pepper Shrimp / Prawn with Basmati Rice

1. It's of shrimp prawn / king (shelled, head and tail off and deveined) / 17½ oz. large.
2. You need of black pepper freshly ground.
3. It's of sea salt freshly ground.
4. You need of cornstarch cornflour /.
5. You need of pepper ground Szechwan.
6. It's of garlic powder.
7. Prepare of ginger ground.
8. Prepare of paprika.
9. It's of scallions spring onions green end of / (chopped) /4½ oz..
10. You need of “Spray2Cook” (a word used to describe any low-cal. non-stick cook’s oil spray).
11. It's of basmati rice (washed) / 9 oz..
12. You need of water cold / 12 fl. oz..
13. You need of chicken stock cube.
14. You need of spring onions white end of (finely sliced)g /4½ oz..
15. It's of peas (frozen) /4½ oz..
16. Prepare of lemons zest of.
17. It's of lemon juice of.
18. You need of ginger ground.
19. It's of “Spray2Cook” (a word used to describe any low-cal. non-stick cook’s oil spray).

Salt and Pepper Shrimp / Prawn with Basmati Rice instructions

1. Heat a saucepan sprayed with Spray2Cook. Add the white scallions and soften for 3 minutes..
2. Add the water, lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger and rice. Bring to the boil and add the stock cube and peas..
3. Turn down to a gentle simmer..
4. Lid the pan and leave to simmer for 12 minutes – do not uncover. Remove the pan from the heat and stand for 3 minutes..
5. Timed so as to complete when the rice is ready, cook the shrimp..
6. Put the ingredients other than the shrimp and scallions in a bowl and mix thoroughly..
7. The shrimp should be no more than damp so if previously frozen spread on paper towel to dry. Spray the shrimp in Spray2Cook to cover..
8. Dredge the shrimp in the contents of the bowl. Put a wok on high heat and spray with Spray2Cook..
9. When the Spray2Cook is bubbling add the shrimp and scallions and stir-fry for 3 minutes until the shrimp is pink..
10. Serve the stir-fry on a bed of rice..