Udang Saus Mentega: Butter Prawns

Method7 steps · about 1 hr 10 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Prepare cleaned, deveined prawns with their heads intact. Drain and keep refrigerated while preparing the other ingredients; pat thoroughly dry before frying.

   Uses 500 g fresh prawns, deveined with heads intact

2. 2

   Step 2: Heat enough vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the prawns in batches, around 2 minutes per side, until the flesh is pearly white and opaque. Use the timer for each side of each batch. Set the cooked prawns aside.

   Fry prawns: each side of each batch · 2 minUses prepared chilled dry prawns · Vegetable oil for initial prawn frying (quantity unspecified)

3. 3

   Step 3: In a clean wok, heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil and butter (2 tbsp) over medium heat, and then add the sliced onions (1). Saute until the onions are translucent (about 5 minutes).

   Soften onion in butter and oil · 5 minUses 1 tbsp vegetable oil · 2 tbsp butter · 1 small onion, peeled, sliced into small wedges

4. 4

   Step 4: Add garlic (4 cloves) and ginger (1 slice), saute until fragrant (around 3 minutes).

   Fry butter-prawn garlic and ginger · 3 minUses softened onions in butter and oil · 4 cloves garlic, peeled, finely chopped. · 1 slice fresh ginger (around 1 cm), peeled, finely chopped

5. 5

   Step 5: Add white pepper, salt to taste (to taste), 2 tbsp water, Worcestershire sauce (1 tbsp) and oyster sauce (2 tbsp). Mix for around 3 minutes, until the sauce thickens, then turn off the heat.

   Thicken butter-prawn sauce · 3 minUses fried onion-garlic-ginger butter base · 0.5 tsp white pepper powder · Salt to taste · 2 tbsp water · 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce · 2 tbsp oyster sauce

6. 6

   Step 6: Add the fried prawns and mix it with the sauce until well combined.

   Uses thickened butter-prawn sauce off heat · fried cooked prawns

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   Step 7: Transfer to a serving plate, garnish with chopped spring onions (1 tbsp).

   Uses finished prawns coated in butter sauce · 1 tbsp chopped spring onion for garnish