Blog Challenge! II // 09. Recipe post

📷 iG

At some point during my blogging adventure I thought about making a recipe series, writing easy and fast to make dishes. Of course, being a broke student at the time and with not many options, that idea didn't fly, so now I just write some if I feel like it.

What I should probably mention is that I am that type of home cooks who likes to experiment in the kitchen. Except for very few dishes I don't know if my food has the same taste every time I make it. But well, I like to think I'm a pretty good cook so that is not a problem.

Usually I like using the oven and if you don't I must ask why? I find it easier to cook things in the oven and they are often so delicious, everything from meats to baked vegetables (and those are so good). This time I won't write an oven recipe, though, I will write something I made a few days ago. I felt like eating fish and for some reason I had bought some surimi and kind prawns so yeah, that's the next best thing. This is the first time I ever made something with king prawns and it was so delicious, I have to share.

This should take anywhere in between 10 to 15 minutes to make, give or take. 

INGREDIENTS

PREPARATION

● 200gr of rice ● 165gr king prawns ● 250gr surimi ● 70gr broccoli ● 70gr cauliflower ● 1-2 onion ● teriyaki sauce (could also be soy or mirin sauce) ● salt ● pepper ● whatever condiments you fancy

● boil the rice and vegetables as per packaging information separately or in the same pot, however you fancy ● meanwhile chop the onion and add it to a preheated pan with a bit of oil ● add about two teaspoons of teriyaki sauce and allow the onion to caramelize ● cut the surimi however big you like and add them to the pan ● leave everything cook for about 5min then add the king prawns (if they are ready to eat, leave them just enough to heat up) ● after all the flavours combined and it all smells delicious, add everything to the rice and veggies

And that's it. I was honestly not expecting this to turn out so delicious, but oh my, this is definitely something I'm going to want to make again. About the sauce, I actually wanted mirin sauce because I like that a whole lor more, but I can't find it anywhere. The broccoli and cauliflower can be replaced with something else if you don't like them, carrots and/or sweetcorn could do instead, and yes, that is a lot of surimi, but here's the thing: I love surimi.

I absolutely love recipes like this, easy to make, fast, super flexible, and so freaking delicious.