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Malaysian Butter Prawns

Name: Malaysian Butter Prawns
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: other
Ingredients: Tiger Prawns; Salt; Curry Leaves; Red pepper; Garlic; eggs; evaporated milk; corn starch; butter; sugar

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7 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:12

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Be careful not to cut your hands when using scissors to handle seafood.

Prepare 12 tiger prawns
Use kitchen shears to trim the prawn's head, legs, and antennae
Remove the stomach from beneath the rostrum
Use scissors to cut open the back and remove the vein

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When cutting the back of the prawns, be careful not to use too much force and cut the fingers.

Ingredients:Tiger Prawns (12 piece)

Tools:kitchen shears

Preparation

00:01:03

Add 0.5 teaspoon salt to the cleaned 12 tiger prawns
Mix well and set aside to marinate

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Distribute the salt evenly, otherwise some prawns will be bland.

Ingredients:Tiger PrawnsSalt (0.5 tsp)

Preparation

00:01:21

Pluck 20 curry leaves into a bowl
Slice 4 red peppers
Mince 3 cloves of garlic
Prepare 4 eggs, separate the yolks and beat them well

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Ensure the yolks do not break when separating them to avoid mixing with whites.

Ingredients:Curry Leaves (20 piece)Red pepper (4 piece)Garlic (3 clove)eggs (4 piece)

Tools:knife

Active Cooking

00:02:15

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Be careful of oil splatters causing burns when deep frying in hot oil.

Coat the 12 marinated tiger prawns evenly with a thin layer of corn starch
Heat oil in a wok until hot enough
Add the coated prawns to deep fry
Fry continuously until the prawns completely change color and are golden and crispy
Remove and drain excess oil

local_fire_departmentHigh heat deep fry, about 3 to 4 minutes

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If the oil temperature is too low, the prawns will absorb too much oil and become soggy.

Ingredients:Tiger Prawnscorn starch

Tools:wokslotted spoon

Active Cooking

00:02:57

Heat the wok and melt 50 grams of butter
Add minced garlic and sliced 4 red peppers to sauté until fragrant
Pour in 200ml evaporated milk
Add 20 curry leaves to infuse flavor while reducing the sauce
Season with about half a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of sugar
Toss in the fried tiger prawns and stir-fry until the sauce coats them evenly before serving

local_fire_departmentMedium-low heat cook for 4 to 5 minutes

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Do not use too high heat when melting butter, otherwise it will burn and turn bitter.

Ingredients:butter (50 g)GarlicRed pepperevaporated milk (200 ml)Curry LeavesSalt (0.75 tsp)sugar (0.5 tsp)Tiger Prawns

Tools:wooden spatulawok

Preparation

00:03:53

Add 1 tablespoon of evaporated milk to the beaten 4 egg yolks to increase fluidity
Pour the egg mixture into a ziplock bag and snip a small hole at the corner for later use

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Cutting the bag hole too large will cause the egg mixture to pour too fast and fail to form fine threads.

Ingredients:eggsevaporated milk (1 tbsp)

Tools:ziplock bag

Active Cooking

00:04:16

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Exercise caution when pouring out a large amount of hot oil to prevent splatters and severe burns.

After heating the wok, add 150g of butter and melt the butter completely over medium-low heat
While slowly and evenly squeezing the packaged egg liquid into the wok with one hand, continuously and quickly stir with a wooden spatula using the other hand
After pouring in all the egg liquid, add curry leaves and red chili rings to fry together until aromatic
Add appropriate amount of salt and sugar to season, stirring continuously during the process
When stirring produces a large amount of bubbles, first remove the wok and pour out to drain the oil
After the egg floss is drained of oil, return the fried tiger prawns to the wok and toss evenly before removing from heat

local_fire_departmentMedium-low heat cook for 5 to 6 minutes

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Be sure to pour out and drain the oil before turning off the heat, otherwise the dropping oil temperature will cause the egg floss to absorb oil and become soggy.

Ingredients:butter (150 g)eggsCurry LeavesRed pepperSalt (0.75 tsp)sugar (0.5 tsp)Tiger Prawns

Tools:wooden spatulawokstrainer