Butter Garlic Prawn Tang Hoon

Name: Butter Garlic Prawn Tang Hoon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: What 兔 (Tù) Feast?
Ingredients: 135 g Pre-minced garlic; 2 Tbsp Cooking oil; 2 Tbsp Soy sauce; 1 Tbsp Oyster sauce; 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 tsp Sesame oil; 1 tsp Sugar; White pepper to taste; 5 prawns; Salt to taste; 50 g Tang hoon (pre-soaked); 50 g Unsalted butter

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Level

easy

Cooking

75 min

Preparation

15 min

Ingredients

Servings

Pre-minced garlic	135 g
Cooking oil	2 tbsp
Soy sauce	2 tbsp
Oyster sauce	1 tbsp
Shaoxing wine	1 tbsp
Sesame oil	1 tsp
Sugar	1 tsp
White pepper to taste
prawns	5
Salt to taste
Tang hoon (pre-soaked)	50 g
Unsalted butter	50 g

How to cook

Cook the garlic paste

In a non-stick skillet, add the cooking oil and cook the minced garlic on medium heat for 2 - 3 mins.
Add in soy sauce, oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar and pepper and allow to cook out till the garlic is almost like a paste.
Turn off the heat, add sesame oil and mix well.

Cook the tang hoon

In a pot of boiling water, cook the tang hoon for about 3 mins or until al dente.

Steam the prawn

Butterfly the prawn by cutting a slit down the middle of the back of the prawn.
Season the meat with a bit of salt.
Spoon the garlic paste into the cavity of the prawn.
Steam for about 8 mins.

Cook the sauce

Once the prawns are cooked, drain off all the cooking liquid into a small sauce pot and whisk in the butter bit by bit to emulsify into a sauce.
Toss the noodles in the sauce, turn off the heat and mix well.
Plate to your liking.