Mayonnaise Pineapple Prawns (Air Fryer)

These easy air-fried mayonnaise pineapple prawns are tossed in tangy, creamy mayonnaise sauce. Serve together with pineapple cubes for a refreshing appetizer!

During Chinese New Year, most of the dishes during meal times would include slightly more “expensive” ingredients, such as fish, prawns, abalone etc.

As I was gifted some goodies from Kewpie Singapore, which included a bottle of mayonnaise, I was wondering what I can make with it, for Chinese New Year.

Then it came to my mind that, whenever we attend wedding banquets, there would always be this delicious cold platter served before main course. One of my favourite appetizers would be the prawn salad.

So I decided to add some tweaks to the prawn salad that makes it more suitable for Chinese New Year lunches or dinners.

How Can I Make This Appetizer?

These mayonnaise pineapple prawns are really easy to make!

Firstly, you will just need to clean the prawns and remove the shells. I left the tails intact so that they look nicer. You can remove the tails if you prefer to.

Then we will be adding some salt, pepper and oil to marinate the prawns. When it is time to cook, coat the prawns with beaten egg and cornstarch.

Cook the prawns in air fryer (or deep fry) for a couple of mins. Coat them with the prepared mayonnaise sauce, toss with pineapples cubes, and they are ready to be served!

>> MORE MEAL IDEAS:

• Beef Stew
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What Are the Ingredients Needed for the Mayonnaise Prawns?

• Prawns: I used tiger prawns in this recipe.
• Canned Pineapple Slices
• Seasoning: Salt, Pepper, Oil
• Coating: Egg, Cornstarch
• Sauce: Kewpie Mayonnaise, Lemon Juice, Honey

How Do These Mayonnaise Pineapple Prawns Taste Like?

I like the slightly crispy coating on the prawns, and air frying them gives a more fragrant seafood taste to this dish.

The mayonnaise sauce is also slightly creamy, with a refreshing tangy taste from the lemon juice.

I don’t think we need much introduction to Kewpie mayonnaise – it is always our preferred choice for mayonnaise! We enjoy Kewpie mayonnaise more, as it has a rich egg flavor, and a slightly sweeter and creamier taste.

For this appetizer, you can also tweak the mayonnaise sauce to your liking, such as adding more honey or lemon juice.

P.S.: Do you know Kewpie has various flavored mayonnaise and dressing? They also have this small ready-to-go mayonnaise packets!

Mayonnaise Pineapple Prawns

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• Author: Cherie
• Prep Time: 35 Mins
• Cook Time: 6 Mins
• Total Time: 41 minutes
• Yield: Serves 2 - 3 Adults 1x

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Description

Air-fried crispy prawns tossed in tangy, creamy mayonnaise sauce. Serve together with pineapple cubes for a refreshing appetizer!

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Ingredients

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Prawns

• 15 – 18 Tiger Prawns (About 580 – 600g, in shells)
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• Dash of White Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Oil
• 1 Egg, Beaten
• 6 tbsp cornstarch
• Oil, for brushing (air-frying)
• 3 rings of canned pineapple slices (about half can)

Sauce

• 2.5 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 – 2 tsp honey
• 1 – 2 tsp lemon juice

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Instructions

1. Clean the prawns, remove the shells and devein by slitting along the curved side of prawn.
2. Marinate prawns with salt, white pepper and oil. Set aside in fridge for about 20 mins.
3. Preheat air-fryer to 200C. Prepare mayonnaise sauce by mixing mayonnaise, honey and lemon juice in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
4. Prepare pineapple cubes by cutting the canned pineapple slices into smaller pieces. Set aside.
5. After marinating, coat prawns in beaten egg, followed by cornstarch. Ensure prawns are coated well in beaten egg before coating with cornstarch.
6. Place prepared prawns in preheated air-fryer in single layer. Brush on some oil and air-fry at 200C for 3 mins. After 3 mins, check that surface of prawns are golden brown. Flip over and brush with some oil. Air fry for another 2 – 3 mins. Check that both sides of prawns are golden brown.
7. Toss cooked prawns in prepared mayonnaise sauce to coat well. Add in pineapple cubes and toss slightly.
8. Plate and serve immediately or warm.

Equipment

Recolte Air Oven

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Notes

If you do not have air-fryer, you can deep fry the prawns for 1-3 mins.

I’ve used 1 tsp of honey and 2 tsp of lemon juice here. You can tweak the amount of honey and lemon juice according to your taste preference.

I’ll recommend you to add in 1 tsp of honey and 1 tsp of lemon juice first. Taste and check if you prefer a sweeter or more tangy taste. Do note that the sauce should taste more sourish on its own; the sour taste will tone down after tossing with prawns.

• Category: Appetizer
• Method: Air Fry

Keywords: Prawns

Disclosure: Kewpie products were sent to me complimentary, to experiment with dishes and bakes. Opinions provided above are of my own after using the product.

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