Salted Egg Yolk Prawns 蒜香黃金蝦

🧂 Ingredients

• 500 g Tiger prawns
• 4 Salted duck egg yolks
• 1 bulb Garlic

  , chopped
• 1 Egg
• 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 4 tbsp Cornstarch
• 3 tbsp Oil

  for frying garlic
• 600 ml Oil

  for deep-frying
• ½ tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Sugar
• 1 stalk Green onions

  , chopped

Instructions

• 1 Remove the prawn shell except for the tail
• 2 Butterfly the prawns (make a deep cut on the backside of the prawn without
  cutting through to the front so that the prawn meat can open up like a
  butterfly)
• 3 Devein the prawns
• 4 Add 1 tbsp shaoxing wine to the prawns and mix well
• 5 Separate the egg yolk from the egg white
• 6 Add the egg white to the prawns and set the egg yolks aside
• 7 Mix the egg whites with the prawns with your hands but be careful with the tail
  shell.
• 8 Add 4 tbsp of cornstarch to the prawns, mix well with your hands and set aside
• 9 Chop 1 stalk of green onions and set aside
• 10 Chop 1 bulb of garlic into small pieces
• 11 Heat 3 tbsp of oil using medium heat in a small pot and add chopped garlic
• 12 Cook the garlic until it turns a golden colour and remove from heat
• 13 Heat 600 ml oil to 150˚C or 300˚F. Add prawns one by one. Do not overcrowd to
  prevent them from sticking to one another.
• 14 Fry for approx. 1-2 minutes or until light golden colour
• 15 Rest the fried prawns on a cooling rack until all the prawns have been fried
  once
• 16 Increase the heat on the oil and wait for the oil to get to 175˚C or 350˚F
• 17 Put the prawns back into the oil for a second time until the colour is a golden
  colour. Should take around 1 minute to fry
• 18 Remove from heat and rest them on a cooling rack
• 19 In a pan or wok on medium heat, add 3 tbsp butter. Stir until melted
• 20 Add 4 salted egg yolk into the melted butter, flatten with your spatula until
  the egg yolks have broken apart. Mix well with the butter until foamy
• 21 Add the egg yolk to the butter mixture and keep stirring until smooth
• 22 Add the fried prawns and fried garlic into yolks and stir-fry quickly
• 23 Add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp sugar and mix well
• 24 Remove from heat
• 25 Sprinkle with chopped green onions
• 26 Serve

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