Thai recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has king prawn, shallot, garlic clove, red chilli, root ginger, lemongrass, mint, coriander, olive oil and lime.
Fragrant Thai prawns
Course: Thai
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- King Prawn: 20 raw king prawns
- Shallot: 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- Garlic Clove: 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Red Chilli: 1 fresh red chilli, halved, seeded and finely chopped
- Root Ginger: 2 1/2 cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- Lemongrass: 1 stem of lemongrass, tough outer leaves removed, finely chopped
- Mint: a good handful of fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
- Coriander: a good handful of fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
- Olive Oil: 100ml/3 1/2 fl oz olive oil
- Lime: grated zest and juice of 1 lime
Directions
- Tip all the chopped ingredients into a bowl, add the olive oil along with the lime zest and juice and mix well. Set aside for 30 minutes to allow the flavours to mingle.
- To make fragrant Thai prawns, remove heads and peel shells from 20 raw king prawns but leave tail sections on. Toss in the marinade and cook on a really hot barbecue for 45 seconds on each side until they turn from grey-blue to pink.
