Goong Ob Woon Sen

Name: Goong Ob Woon Sen
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 8 large prawns, shell on; 100g glass noodles, soaked; 4 thin slices pork belly; 1 thumb ginger, sliced; Coriander roots, garlic and white peppercorns, pounded; 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil; Chinese celery

กุ้งอบวุ้นเส้น/goong OB woon-sen/

Also known as: Kung Op Wun Sen, Baked Prawns with Glass Noodles, Clay Pot Prawns

About this dish

Prawns baked in a clay pot on a bed of glass noodles soaked in a peppery, gingery soy sauce, with pork belly for richness.

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Ingredients

🦐8 large prawns, shell on

🍜100g glass noodles, soaked

🥓4 thin slices pork belly

🫚1 thumb ginger, sliced

🧄Coriander roots, garlic and white peppercorns, pounded

🫙2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil

🌿Chinese celery

Method

Serves 2

Mix the noodles with the sauces, sugar, sesame oil and a splash of stock.

Line a clay pot with the pork belly, then add the ginger and pounded paste.

Pile the noodles on top and lay the prawns over them.

Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10–12 minutes until the prawns are pink and the noodles have absorbed the juices.

Scatter with Chinese celery and serve in the pot.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Goong ob woon sen is a Thai-Chinese seafood restaurant classic; the noodles soak up the juices of the prawns as they bake.

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