Gluten-Free Salt and Pepper Prawns

Ingredients

• neutral oil, for frying
• 2 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced
• 300 g (10½ oz) prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined
• 1 teaspoon gluten-free soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon gluten-free oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1 tablespoon gluten-free cornflour (cornstarch)
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon neutral oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 2 red or green chillies, finely sliced
• 2 dried Szechuan chillies
• ½ teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar
• ¼–½ teaspoon salt, to taste
• 30 g (1 oz) basic flour blend
• 60 g (2 oz) gluten-free cornflour (cornstarch)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
• 120 ml (4 fl oz) water, chilled
• 1 teaspoon gluten-free Shaoxing rice wine (or other rice wine)