It has been awhile since my last "Serious Cooking" in my humble Kitchen. We are trying very hard to keep the kitchen clean and tidy because our domestic maid has gone back to her country for vacation. Hubby is in charge of cleaning dishwares and plates so it's not advisable to cook something that requires a lot of ingredients and steps. (laughing)
But the Thams are seafood lovers and they can't resist the Big Tiger Prawn that I bought from the market this morning so I wanted to cook something fancy instead of the usual "prawn recipes". Last week we had a very yummy and delicious Teppanyaki Tiger Prawn at a Japanese Fine Dining recently and it's still pretty fresh in my head, so I decided to go for a try.
After hours of preparation and cooking is finally done. When Olivia saw the dish on the dining table she was so impressed and said "Mummy, the prawns look very yummy".. hahaI'm so happy and glad that hubby and kids are pleased with this "Cheese Mayo Baked Tiger Prawn" (thumbs up)
Ingredients
6-8 - Prawns, cleaned
6 tbsp - Mayonnaise
1/4 cup - Water
4 tbsp - Grated Cheese (Cheddar/Mozzarella)
2 tbsp - Grated Cheese (for topping)
2 tsp - Curry Powder
1 clove garlic (chopped)
1 shallot (chopped)
1/8 tsp - Salt
1/4 tsp - Sugar
Methods
- Clean prawns and marinate with soya, if you don't like soya u may rub with salt but not too much, marinate for 15minutes will do.
- In a frying pan, add in cooking oil or olive oil when the pan is heated but not smoke. Slowly put in prawn one by one and lightly pan fry each side for 30 seconds will do. Do not over cook it, prawn gets cook really fast (when you see it turning red, means it's cooked)
- Set aside prawns.
- Mix water, mayonnaise, salt and sugar till Mayonnaise dissolved. Set aside.
- Use the same pan, and approximately 3 -4 tbsp of the oil that used for frying to try the garlic and inion until soft but not brown. Add in the liquid ingredients. Keep stirring until it's thicken and dissolved then add in cheese, keep stirring until it's melted. It will taste a little sourish, not too much.
- Preheat Oven to high heat. if you are using the burner then you don't need ti use the oven.
- Pour the sauce over the prawns and sprinkle the grated cheese on top of it.
- Put the dish into the highest rack of the oven and let it brown the cheese for 15 minutes (time varies from ovens).
- Voila!
tips:
- I used dutch lady mayonnaise because that's what I have in fridge, but I prefer Kewpie because it taste richer but this is an option.
- I add in some curry powder to make the sauce looks yellowish but you may ignore if you don't like.
- Basically it will be quite salty with mayo and cheese added, salt may be reduced to your own liking as well.
- I do not have the burner so I option for Oven heat to burn the top part of my cheese.
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| Pour sauce over the prawns. |
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| Sprinkles grated cheese on top of the prawns. |
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| The result after 15 minutes high heat at the highest rack of the oven. |
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| Bon-appetite! |
