Recipe: Stir fried cereal butter prawns

Stir fried cereal butter prawns with shredded cabbage
【エビのシリアルバター炒め、千切りキャベツ】

To be honest, i don't really like prawns. there's something about that springy, firm texture of cooked-just-right prawns that makes me want to gag. Barbecued prawns are fine, because it loses that strange 'crunchy' texture. 
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Unfortunately, Chinese cuisines often incorporates a delicate cooking style with their prawns (see drunken prawns, steamed garlic prawns, etc) so I've always avoided it whenever we eat at upscale Chinese establishments.
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However, I am always happy whenever there's cereal prawns, because it's like a texture and flavour wonderland - crispy texture and sweet flavours from the cereal, spice from the curry leaves, that rich oomph from the butter...!

It's super simple to make, although it's preferable you get the right ingredients. It's better with Nestlé nestum cereal - I first tried it with some leftover oats I had at home but it got clangy and sticky after frying it with the butter. (I should have known better D:)

シンガポールやマレーシアの海鮮中華料理。

クリスピーな食感、シリアルの甘い味、カレーリーフのスパイスとバターの濃厚な味。
中華料理のエビマヨやエビチリより中毒になりそうな味です。

RECIPE // レシピ

Stir fried cereal butter prawnsエビのシリアルバター炒め

【Stirfried prawns】
・8 large prawns / 8 尾 エビ(大)
・1 egg, beaten / 1個 溶き卵
・2 tbsp flour / 2大さじ小麦粉
・2 tbsp corn flour / 2大さじコーンフラワー
・30g butter / 30g バター
・15 curry leaves / 15個 カレーリーフ

【cereal mix ・シリアルミックス】
・50g cereal / シリアル (A)
・1 tbsp milk powder / 1大さじミルクパウダー (A)
・1 tsp chicken stock powder / 1小さじチキンパウダー (A)
・2 tsp sugar / 2小さじ砂糖 (A)

Trim off the legs and feelers of the prawns, remove the vein across the back of the prawn. Rinse the prawns and pat dry with a paper towel. You can use prawns without the head and shells like what I did here, since that seems like how most prawns are sold in Japan. 
Mix beaten egg with the prawns, and coat the prawns with flour and corn flour. Season with salt. 
Pan fry the prawns till cooked on the inside and crispy on the outside. Remove prawns from the pan, and set aside. Meanwhile, mix cereal, milk powder, sugar and chicken stock powder to make cereal mix coating.
Add butter and curry leaves into the pan, and once leaves are crispy, add the cereal mix.
Add the prawns back into the pan, and stir to coat it with the cereal mix.


エビの触角と足を切って、背わたを取る。洗ってペーパーなどで水気を拭き取る。
※頭や甲羅なしの方がよければ、取っても問題ないです。
エビに溶き卵を絡め、小麦粉とコーンフワラーをまぶす。塩で味付けする。
同時に、Aの食材をませて、シリアルミックスを作る。
鍋に油を熱し、エビの中まで火が通ていて、外がクリスピーになるまで焼く。
エビを別の皿に盛ってから、バターを入れ、カレーリーフを焼く。
シリアルミックスを鍋にいれ、2~3分後にエビも入れて、混ぜればOK.

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