Ginataang Kalabasa with King Prawns
Ginataang Kalabasa with King Prawns

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ginataang kalabasa with king prawns. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Ginataang Kalabasa with King Prawns Melissa Schofield. Heat oil in pot over medium heat. Put in onion and garlic and cook until softened.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ginataang kalabasa with king prawns using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ginataang Kalabasa with King Prawns:
  1. Prepare 1 large Butternut Squash peeled and cubed
  2. Get 2 packs String Beans cut into shorter lengths
  3. Take 1/2 kilo of King Prawns, peeled and deveined
  4. Prepare Fish Sauce
  5. Make ready 2 tins Coconut Milk
  6. Prepare Ground Black Pepper
  7. Take Bunch Bird’s Eye Chillies and more Chilli flakes
  8. Take 1 large chopped Onion
  9. Get 1 bulb chopped Garlic
  10. Prepare 1 small sliced thinly Ginger

The sitaw, also known as string beans, introduce a fresh taste and light crunch to the stew. Ginataang Kalabasa is a Filipino Food that is very popular in the Filipino culture. It is made with these two key ingredients, Kalabasa also known as Kabocha squash and coconut milk. The flesh (yellow part) of the kalabasa makes any dish creamy, but when cooked with coconut milk or cream, the creaminess intensifies as if there was milk mixed in.

Instructions to make Ginataang Kalabasa with King Prawns:
  1. Sauté the onions, garlic and ginger.
  2. After 3 minutes then add the butternut squash, chilli flakes, ground black pepper. Cook for 2 minutes in low heat and covered - stirring occasionally.
  3. Then add 1 1/2 coconut milk. Cooked until sauce is a little less and squash is al dente, then add the string beans. Approximate how much fish sauce you like, me - I like it less as I can add more once it’s cooked and I am eating it. Occasionally checking them and stirring.
  4. Cook further until sauce is much less and with that special oil that comes out and squash is cooked. Then add the king prawns, stirring occasionally then add more ground black pepper and the fresh Chillies.
  5. Add the remaining coconut milk.
  6. Once the king prawns are cooked, switch off the heat.
  7. Garnished with parsley/chopped spring onions on top of freshly cooked rice.

Saute onions in cooking oil till caramelized. Add kalabasa cubes, stir and cook for few minutes. Add water, fish sauce and ground pepper. Add bagoong, shrimp and coconut milk. Add salt to taste if needed.

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