Stir Fried Prawns with Brown Rice and Broccoli

Ingredients

• 400-500 g peeled raw prawns, peeled weight (see 1st tip to use squid)
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 5 g fresh ginger root, sliced in thin 2mm ‘coins’ along lines on skin
• 50 g white wine or Chinese cooking wine
• 1 pinch unrefined cane sugar or coconut sugar
• 4 black peppercorns
• 15 g soy sauce or gluten free tamari – see last tip
• 1½ tsp fine sea salt
• 30 g coconut oil or olive oil
• 200 g brown basmati rice
• 1200 g homemade chicken stock or vegetable stock – see 3rd tip
• 300 g broccoli, cut in bite size pieces

Method

1. Place a bowl on TM lid and weigh prawns into it, then set aside.
2. Blend garlic, ginger, wine, sugar, peppercorns, soy sauce, ½ tsp of the sea salt and 10 g of the oil 1 min/speed 10, then pour over prawns, stir to coat them, cover bowl with a plate and set aside in fridge to marinate for 2 hours. As soon as prawns are in fridge, add brown rice and stock to TM bowl (no need to clean TM bowl) and set aside to soak.
3. Place TM simmering basket in a large bowl, then pour rice and stock through it to reserve the stock; place simmering basket with drained rice aside on a plate. Set TM scales to zero, weigh into TM bowl reserved stock plus enough water to reach 1200 g, then add remaining 1 tsp sea salt.
4. Insert simmering basket with drained rice into TM bowl and cook 20 min/Varoma/speed 4; meanwhile, arrange broccoli florets on Varoma tray and rinse under cold running water, place Varoma tray in Varoma dish, then cover with Varoma lid and set aside on a plate.
5. Place covered Varoma in position instead of TM measuring cup on TM lid and steam 10 min/Varoma/speed 4.
6. Set covered Varoma aside on a plate; remove simmering basket of rice with aid of TM spatula and place it on a plate; cover simmering basket with a tea towel (kitchen towel) to keep rice warm. Discard steaming liquid (or save for a soup), then heat remaining 20 g oil 2 min/Varoma/speed 1.
7. Add prawns with all their marinade and cook 3 min/Varoma/reverse/speed 1 or until pink and cooked through – if not yet done, stir gently with spatula, replace TM lid and leave prawns to rest 5 minutes to finish cooking in the residual heat – see 4th tip. Place steamed rice and broccoli in warm bowls then add stir fried prawns, pouring the cooked marinade over top as a sauce; serve and enjoy.

Janie’s Tips

1. If you like squid (I do!), instead of prawns use raw squid, cut in rings or small pieces approx. 2×2 cm, for another tasty result.
2. I use brown rice for this meal because it is more filling and satisfying. To use white rice, cook 7 minutes in step 4.
3. If you don’t have any stock, use water instead and stir in 2 tsp homemade Thermomix stock paste in step 2 – there are several recipes available on www.cookidoo.co.uk
4. Timings for cooking in step 7 are based on peeled raw prawns approx. 6-8 cm long. If your prawns are larger, you may need to cook again 1-2 minutes or until pink through.
5. If you have leftover brown rice, chill in fridge immediately after eating (within 1 hour of rice being cooked), keep chilled up to 2 days or freeze up to 3 months. To reheat, place rice in a small pan with 2-3 Tbsp stock or water and heat, stirring continually, until stock has evaporated and rice is hot throughout.
6. This recipe is dairy free (DF) – please read ingredient labels to ensure all your ingredients are dairy free, and if using homemade stock paste, make sure it is DF too.
7. For gluten free (GF), use GF tamari instead of soy sauce and read ingredient labels to ensure all your other ingredients are gluten free as well.