HEALTHY PRAWN ‘CHEESY YI-MEEN’

HEALTHY PRAWN ‘CHEESY YI-MEEN’

Non-dairy option|cantonese classic|fast

PREP TIME: 5 mins
COOK TIME: 15 mins

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INGREDIENTS

• 200g dried organic udon

• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 1/2 red onion, diced

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 300g ASC-certified prawns, peeled and deveined

• 3 Tbsp sake (can be substituted with white wine) 

• 1/4 cup homemade chicken stock / veggie stock / udon cooking water

• 2 tsp nutritional yeast

• Himalayan pink salt, to taste

• Ground black pepper, to taste

• 30g cold butter (vegan or grass-fed), dice

• 1/4 tsp lemon juice

• 2 Tbsp spring onion, diced

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DIRECTIONS

1. Cook udon according to the packing instructions, drain and set a side.

2. Heat up oil in a pan on medium-high heat, add onion and garlic cook until golden brown.

3. Add prawns and cook each side for 1-2 mins, depending on size of prawns.

4. Add sake and let reduce, around 1 minute. Remove prawns and set aside.

5. Add stock/water into the pan, nutritional yeast and season with salt and pepper. Bring it to boil and then turn down to low heat, add cold butter and stir gently but continuously to emulsify and make the butter sauce. Add some more stock/water if it reduces too quickly. 

6. Add drained udon, prawns and lemon juice, coat well with butter sauce. Garnish with spring onion. 

7. Enjoy!