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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Crispy Prawns in Sticky Honey Sauce

These deep-fried prawns are an old-school classic. With a batter that gives an irresistible crunch and honey sauce that is to die for, this meal never disappoints

Cuisine

Time

40 mins mins

Servings

4 people people

recipe

Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil for deep frying
  • 300g Prawns, peeled and deveined
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp toasted Sesame seeds
  • 1 spring onion, finely sliced 

The Batter

  • 10 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch)
  • 5 tbsp plain flour 
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp salt 
  • 150 - 160ml cold soda water

The Sauce

  • 6 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar
  • 50ml chicken stock

Method

Peel, butterfly  and devein the prawns. Keep their heads for deep frying. 

Mix your sauce ingredients together, leaving the chicken stock for later. 

Place the dry batter ingredients in a bowl, and coat each prawn and prawn head. 

Once the prawns are coated, add the soda water to the batter, to make a single - cream like consistency.

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