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)

Steps

1. 1

   Remove the prawn shell except for the tail

2. 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. 3

   Devein the prawns

4. 4

   Add 1 tbsp shaoxing wine to the prawns and mix well

5. 5

   Separate the egg yolk from the egg white

6. 6

   Add the egg white to the prawns and set the egg yolks aside

7. 7

   Mix the egg whites with the prawns with your hands but be careful with the tail shell.

8. 8

   Add 4 tbsp of cornstarch to the prawns, mix well with your hands and set aside

9. 9

   Chop 1 stalk of green onions and set aside

10. 10

    Chop 1 bulb of garlic into small pieces

11. 11

    Heat 3 tbsp of oil using medium heat in a small pot and add chopped garlic

12. 12

    Cook the garlic until it turns a golden colour and remove from heat

13. 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. 14

    Fry for approx. 1-2 minutes or until light golden colour

15. 15

    Rest the fried prawns on a cooling rack until all the prawns have been fried once

16. 16

    Increase the heat on the oil and wait for the oil to get to 175˚C or 350˚F

17. 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. 18

    Remove from heat and rest them on a cooling rack

19. 19

    In a pan or wok on medium heat, add 3 tbsp butter. Stir until melted

20. 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. 21

    Add the egg yolk to the butter mixture and keep stirring until smooth

22. 22

    Add the fried prawns and fried garlic into yolks and stir-fry quickly

23. 23

    Add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp sugar and mix well

24. 24

    Remove from heat

25. 25

    Sprinkle with chopped green onions

26. 26

    Serve