Flash-fried prawns with chilli, lemon & parsley

Tapas recipe for 6 - 8 people, takes only 5 mins; recipe has extra-virgin olive oil, prawn, garlic clove, chilli flakes, lemon and flat-leaf parsley.

Flash-fried prawns with chilli, lemon & parsley

Flash-fried prawns with chilli, lemon & parsley

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Tapas
Servings

6 - 8

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Flat Leaf Parsley: 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced or chopped
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • Lemon: zest and juice 1 lemon
  • Chilli Flakes: 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • Prawn: 300g large raw prawn, butterflied

Directions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Season the prawns and set aside. Cook the garlic over medium-low heat until it just starts to colour. Increase heat to high and add the prawns and chilli. Stir quickly and keep turning prawns in the pan.
  2. After 1 min, pour in the lemon juice. Toss until prawns are opaque - about 1 min more. Sprinkle over lemon zest and parsley and serve with crusty bread.