Dangarinah Sayang Sarawak: Garlic Butter Prawns 蒜香牛油虾

Friday, December 28, 2018

Garlic Butter Prawns 蒜香牛油虾

It is the Chinese 人日 today. According to the Chinese calendar, this seventh twenty-four hours of Lunar New Year's Day is likewise the birthday of all mankind. It gives us a adept argue to dine amongst our identify unit of measurement members. We exactly stimulate got to hand it to our ancestors for their wisdom. They created as well as then many occasions for the identify unit of measurement to 'eat together' inwards this Spring festival month!

Since it is an auspicious twenty-four hours for all, nosotros must swallow something meaningful, something good. It is a no brainer for me to gear upwards prawns for the identify unit of measurement today equally it symbolises 嘻哈大笑, or exactly lay it - Joy as well as Laughter. It tin live tricky to gear upwards for former folks as well as ourselves at the same time. In this instance, my hubby prefers pasta whilst my parents desire rice.... This Garlic Butter Prawns 蒜香牛油虾 is uncomplicated as well as versatile. It satisfies my former folks to accept the dish with steamed rice as well as I brand my hubby happy yesteryear serving him Garlic Butter Prawns Pasta.

Ingredients (enough for 4 pax to larn amongst steamed rice or pasta) :

16 pcs of large whole prawns (cleaned as well as pre-marinated amongst 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp grounded dark pepper)
10 cloves garlic (50% thinly sliced, 50% finely chopped)
2 shallots (chopped)
2 dried chilli (chopped)
1/3 of a lemon
parsley or coriander (optional)(finely chopped for garnishing)
2 to three tbsp salted butter (in accordance to your preference)
1 tsp crispy sambal shrimps or dried chilli flakes

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)

Method :

Melt butter inwards medium oestrus frying pan/wok.
Add aromatic ingredients (garlic, shallots, dried chilli, crispy sambal shrimps/dried chilli flakes).
When the ingredients plough aromatic, crease inwards marinated prawns.
Gently toss prawns till fully cooked. Prawns would live cooked inwards exactly few minutes.
Squeeze lemon juice, plough off heat/fire as well as hand it ane lastly toss.
Transfer for plating as well as garnishing.

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Serve this Garlic Butter Prawns 蒜香牛油虾 with steamed rice or pasta. It's truly a perfect match for Aglio Olio. Tasty as well as pleasing to the eyes.... a uncomplicated dish that made us all 嘻哈大笑 at abode this evening.