| My name is Jon C, and I am the office chef at Due to | | | | Prawn Marinade |
| health and safety regulations, the only cooking utensils | | | | Chop the ginger, garlic and chilli (if fresh) finely. Mix this |
| we're permitted are a rice cooker, egg steamer and | | | | with the sesame oil, light soya sauce and ground black |
| combination microwave oven (it can do grills and | | | | pepper. |
| roasts). I try to use these tools to provide our staff | | | | Mix the prawns in the marinade and set aside in a |
| with cheap healthy meals. Local dining establishments | | | | fridge for a few hours. If I'm planning on serving lunch |
| serve low quality, expensive food, that can have a | | | | at 12pm, I'll normally prepare the beef at 9am. |
| noticeably negative impact on the afternoon | | | | Cooking |
| performance of my staff. | | | | Rinse the rice in the rice cooker a few times, and fill |
| This dish involves a delicious combination of chilli | | | | with water until there's about a finger nail's breadth of |
| prawns and rice. Either raw or pre-cooked prawns | | | | water above the top of the rice. |
| can be used. Though raw prawns are better for | | | | Add about half a teaspoon of vegetable stock to the |
| absorbing flavour from the marinade. | | | | rice, |
| I shall not list quantities in the ingredients list as I just | | | | Chop the onion and mushrooms into small pieces. |
| take a guess and chuck things into the pot. Just use a | | | | Add all the vegetables (apart from the spring onion) to |
| sensible estimate and experiment until you have the | | | | the rice. |
| balance of flavours that you require. | | | | Add the marinaded prawns to the rice. |
| Ingredients | | | | Mix everything up. |
| Prawn Marinade:gingergarlicchilli (powder, flakes or | | | | Turn on the rice cooker start cooking. |
| fresh)sesame oillight soya sauce | | | | Chop up the spring onion. |
| For the rest:ricewateronionmushroomssweetcornpeas | | | | When the food is cooked (this normally takes about |
| Bouillon vegetable stockspring onion | | | | 30 minutes), turn off the rice cooker, add the chopped |
| Instructions | | | | spring onion, and give it all another good stir. |