SPICY SINGAPORE NOODLES WITH PRAWN STUFFED COURGETTES AND SWEET CHILLI SAUCE
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 green courgette
- julienned
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 200g/7oz rice noodles
- cooked according to packet instructions
- 1 clove garlic
- chopped
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 red chilli
- chopped
- 1 small handful broccoli florets
- 1 yellow courgette
- cut into three equal thick rounds
- 2 king prawns
- de-veined
- peeled
- finely chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- dash sesame oil
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 1 tsp white wine vinegar
- splash water
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- For the noodles
- heat the vegetable oil in a wok
- add the courgette and ground turmeric and fry for 2-3 minutes
- or until the courgette is tender. Add the cooked rice noodles and garlic and fry for 2-3 minutes
- then stir in the soy sauce
- chilli and broccoli and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- For the stuffed courgettes
- scoop the seeds out of the courgette rounds and discard. Place the hollowed out courgette rounds on a baking sheet.
- Season the chopped prawns with salt and freshly ground black pepper and soy sauce
- mix well and press spoonfuls of the prawn mix into the middle of each courgette round. Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle over the sesame seeds
- then bake in the oven for 6-8 minutes
- or until the prawns are cooked through and the courgette is tender.
- For the chilli sauce
- place all of the chilli sauce ingredients into a small saucepan and simmer gently for five minutes
- adding enough water as necessary to make a pouring consistency.
- To serve
- pile the noodles onto two serving plates
- place the stuffed courgettes around the sides of the plate and drizzle over the chilli sauce.

