Easiest Way to Make Tasty Butter Prawns in Cereal

Easiest Way to Make Tasty Butter Prawns in Cereal Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Butter Prawns in Cereal. I used to purchase premix to cook this dish… but now that I have gotten the right formula for it, I guess I can give the premix a miss forever from now ! Previously I had attempted one recipe that consists of egg together with cereals and realize that the dish turns out to be quite oily. If you are craving for Cereal Prawns right now and you can't find Nestum cereal in supermarkets then try this recipe with alternative ingredients and you.

The end result is a luscious and glorious plate of cereal prawns.

Melt some butter and, when it's bubbling nicely, grab a few sprigs of curry leaves and rip off the leaves (with style, of course).

Toss 'em in the wok, together with a roughly chopped up cili padi.

You can cook Butter Prawns in Cereal using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Butter Prawns in Cereal

1. Prepare of A. Prawns.

2. It’s of prawns (cleaned & deveined).

3. You need 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.

4. Prepare 2 tsp of Chicken Seasoning powder.

5. It’s 3 tbsp of flour (a tbsp each of this flour - plain, corn, rice).

6. It’s of Cooking oil.

7. You need of B. Finely minced / Chopped.

8. Prepare 1 tbsp of finely chopped Bird eye chillies.

9. It’s 2 tbsp of finely minced Garlic.

10. You need 3 tbsp of finely cut leaves Curry.

11. Prepare of C. Cereal Mixture.

12. You need 3/4-1 C of Nestum Cereal / crushed Cornflakes /.

13. Prepare 1 tsp of seasoning chicken powder (to taste).

14. You need Dash of pepper - opt.

15. It’s 2 tbsp of milk powder.

16. Prepare 2 tsp of sugar.

17. Prepare of D. For frying.

18. You need 3-4 tbsp of Butter.

Stir vigorously, knocking the spatula against the wok now and then.

Cereal butter prawns with crispy oatmeal topping to substitute for Nestum cereal.

This prawns dish is a Chinese New Year favorite.

If you need some cereal butter prawns in your life and there is no Nestum cereal around, this recipe is definitely going to make you very happy.

Butter Prawns in Cereal instructions

1. Clean & drain prawns properly. Marinate with oyster sauce & chicken seasoning powder for 10mins. Combine 3 types of flour, drizzle over prawn. Heat wok & fry until prawns are red in colour. Avoid frying prawns too long as it ll shrink & dry. Drain & Set aside..

2. Prepare ingredients. Chop, mince & crush (if using cornflakes- crush well). Use or add ingredients in the order of the list..

3. Melt butter in a wok over medium high heat. Sauté B until aromatic. Stir in cereal until lightly crispy. Then season with chicken seasoning powder (bouillon), pepper & milk powder. Stir to combine for few second & add the prawns to the wok. Stir to coat the prawns. Drizzle sugar over the dish. Mix to coat. Remove from the heat & serve hot. Garnish with few tbsp of nestum or crushed cornflakes - this is optional..

When I was a kid, I was spoiled a lot by Nenek.

She knew that I loved prawns.

She would cook the pot for the family and a I had cravings for cereal prawns and I haven't had this dish since I left Singapore.

I never tried cooking it either but I decided to give it a go.

Singaporean Cereal Prawns has buttery, milky notes with the unique scent of curry leaves, plus a bit of kick from the chili.