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Friday, August 13, 2010

Stir-fried butter sauce prawns

This is my kid's favourite prawn dish especially Lucas.

Stir-fried butter sauce prawns



He likes to lick the prawn shells before removing the shells, then dip the peeled prawns with the butter sauce, YUMMY!!

Stir-fried butter sauce prawns


Stir-fried butter sauce prawns
(printable recipe)

500g medium prawns
Enough oil for deep-frying

2tbsp butter
150ml Evaporated milk
5 sprigs curry leaves
3 small chilies, cut into small pieces
5 cloves garlic, chopped

1/2tsp sugar
1/2tsp salt

1. Wash prawns well and drain. Keep shells intact. Season prawns with light soy sauce and pepper and marinate for 30mins.
2. Heat enough oil until hot. Deep-fry prawns until cooked. Remove and drain from oil.
3. Melt butter in a heated wok/pan, add in chopped garlic, curry leaves and chili, stir fry till fragrant.
4. Add in deep-fried prawns and milk, seasoning with salt and sugar, quickly stir to mix with the sauce, turn off the heat (Do not over cooked, not more than 1min).
5. Dish out, serve with rice or Mantou (Chinese bread).

Stir-fried butter sauce prawns

Happy Cooking !!

32 comments:

  1. Hi Sonia

    Gosh...this recipe really got me drooling...

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  2. really a nice prawn fry.. very unique looks so good

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  3. nice one! thx for sharing^^

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  4. The golden threads seem missing, or was it purposely done this way? Anyway, I do beleive that it's very fragrant and nice.

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  5. drolling already by looking at this pictureee!! very very nice! will make use to the recipe :) thanks

    jen

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  6. A mouthwatering prawn dish! The pictures are simply a feast to the eyes.

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  7. Me too! I like to lick the prawn shells and then dip the peeled prawns with the butter sauce. :D

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  8. Very good, looks yummy too, will try soon.
    Happy weekend!

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  9. I absolutely love prawns, it's a pity that fresh prawns can be so expensive in Germany and sometimes hard to get. Your butter sauce prawns look so simple yet so delicious!

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  10. One of my favourite dishes. Diane

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  11. This recipe is easy to cook. Got to try it out. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. simple looking and yet delicious...love this recipe a lot...yummy

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  13. I'm with Lucas; I would be licking the shell first before peeling these prawns. Delicious!

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  14. OHhh, now realized that this dishes can be done w/o egg yolk...I tried once with egg yolk, but failed at last...it's really needs a High heat WOK with a vry fast movement of STIR..

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  15. I would peel the prawn and dip it with lots of sauce, so yummy!

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  16. So simple but I can imagine how tasty this is!

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  17. A lovely dish! with my favorite seafood:D I could eat the whole lot.

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  18. yum yum sedap ni Sonia:)boleh cuba....

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  19. Man, your kids are so blessed to have a talented mom like you ... Next time, bring them along to meet up with us ... LOL!

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  20. This look so delicious. I love prawns and can just imagine how good this tastes. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  21. Looks wonderful ! liked the sauce you have used

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  22. Simple and elegant dish. This is a perfect mid week meal. Well done.

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  23. Lvoe the simplicity and lusciousness of this dish!

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  24. How positively delicious! I think I would do the same thing - and then lick the dish!

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  25. wow looks fab could i feature it on an Alaskan seafood companies blog, I would suck all the sauce up as well lol Rebecca

    rebeccasubbiah at yahoo dot com he he you know it

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  26. Looks finger-looking good! No wonder your Lucas love this, anyone would too! Okay, will try this out soon. ;)

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  27. Beautiful prawn dish! Wish I could pinch now :))

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  28. Dear all, Thanks for your kind words, do try out, easy and yummy!

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  29. These are great photos! So much to learn from you when it comes to food photography!

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