Name: Stir-fried lobster with sticky sauce and baby corn
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 75g live lobsters; plain flour; 6 spears asparagus, trimmed and sliced on diagonal; 6 baby corn sliced on diagonal; 1 litre canola oil; deep fried basil leaves, to garnish; lime wedges to serve; Sticky sauce; 200 gram palm sugar, melted; 100 millilitre tamarind liquid; 100 millilitre fish sauce; 1 stalk lemongrass,pounded; 1 eschallot, pounded; 1 large red chilli, pounded; 1 lime leaf, pounded; 2 coriander roots, washed and pounded

Stir-fried lobster with sticky sauce and baby corn

Luscious lobster in a sweet sticky Asian sauce. You're guests will rave about this dish!

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Serves 4

Prep

20M

Cook

10M

Total

30M

Ingredients

2 75g live lobsters

plain flour

6 spears asparagus, trimmed and sliced on diagonal

6 baby corn sliced on diagonal

1 litre canola oil

deep fried basil leaves, to garnish

lime wedges to serve

Sticky sauce

200 gram palm sugar, melted

100 millilitre tamarind liquid

100 millilitre fish sauce

1 stalk lemongrass,pounded

1 eschallot, pounded

1 large red chilli, pounded

1 lime leaf, pounded

2 coriander roots, washed and pounded

Method

1.Place all the sticky sauce ingredients into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Pass the sauce through a slave discarding any solids.

2.To kill the lobsters, place into the freezer for hour. Cut in half lengthwise, clean and cut each half in to 4 even pieces. Dust the lobster pieces with flour and heat the oil a wok to 180°C.

3.Fry the lobster piece by until crisp and golden. Return the lobster pieces to a clean wok along with the vegetables and toss to cat with the sticky sauce. To serve, transfer the lobster to a serving plate, garnish with the basil leaves and lime wedges.

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