23/05/2026
POV: breakfast got a little dramatic 🍤🍳
Butter Garlic Prawn Omelette
rich, savoury, slightly spicy, and packed with so much flavour from the prawn heads alone
✨ serves 2
**ingredients**
* prawns with heads on
* 2 tsp fish sauce
* 2 tbsp oyster sauce
* 1 tsp sugar
* 1 tsp red chilli powder
* water (for brining)
* 1 cube butter
* garlic (finely chopped)
* onions (sliced)
* 3 eggs (beaten)
* chilli oil
* herb rice (to serve)
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**method**
brine the prawns with fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, chilli powder, and water for 30 mins
heat butter in a pan and sauté garlic till lightly golden
add onions and cook till soft and caramelised
add the prawns and cook for 3–4 mins
once they start cooking, gently separate the heads and squeeze out the juices into the pan for extra flavour, then discard the heads
pour in beaten eggs, cover, and let everything cook till just set
finish with chilli oil and serve hot with herb rice ✨
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buttery, spicy, deeply savoury comfort food for slow days when you want something a little extra
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