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