Griddled prawns with garlic butter and salsa

Name: Griddled prawns with garlic butter and salsa
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Australian recipesBritish recipes
Ingredients: 12-16 large sustainably sourced raw prawns; For the salsa; Bunch fresh coriander; Small bunch fresh parsley; 2 green chillies (see tip); 3 large red and yellow tomatoes or large handful cherry tomatoes; Good pinch caster sugar; 2 tsp red wine vinegar; Good glug extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for rubbing; For the garlic butter; 50g unsalted butter; 2 garlic cloves, crushed

Published: 31 Aug 14
Updated: 18 Mar 24

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This griddled prawns recipe can be made on the barbecue or in a griddle pan. They are accompanied with a colourful summery salsa.

Serves 6
Hands-on time 25 min

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Ingredients

12-16 large sustainably sourced raw prawns

For the salsa

Bunch fresh coriander
Small bunch fresh parsley
2 green chillies (see tip)
3 large red and yellow tomatoes or large handful cherry tomatoes
Good pinch caster sugar
2 tsp red wine vinegar
Good glug extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for rubbing

For the garlic butter

50g unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves, crushed

Method

For the salsa, snip the herbs into a bowl, then snip in the chillies and the tomatoes (be careful as you insert the point of the scissors into the tomato – they can spurt). Stir in the sugar and vinegar, season well and stir in enough olive oil to make a thick salsa.
Melt the butter with the garlic in a pan, remove from the heat and leave to infuse.
Rub the prawns all over with a little olive oil. On a barbecue, or on a griddle pan on the campfire or the hob over a high heat, add the prawns and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side until pink all over. Serve with the salsa and garlic butter.

Recipe from September 2014 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 77kcals
Fat: 4.2g (0.6g saturated)
Protein: 8g
Carbohydrates: 2g (2g sugars)
Fibre: 0.9g
Salt: 0.2g

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