Garlic Prawns
500g
raw prawns, defrosted if frozen
4 gloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon chilli paste
2 teaspoons lime juice
200g snow peas
salad greens
4 tomatoes
1 small Lebanese cucumber
1/2 red pepper cut into slivers
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
handful of torn basil leaves
Remove the heads and most of the shell from the
prawns, leaving the tail on. Devein. Place in a bowl and stir
in the crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon oil, chilli paste and the
lime juice and set aside to marinate for an hour.
Meanwhile take your serving plates and make an
individual salad on each with the salad greens, tomatoes, sliced
cucumber and red pepper. Arrange the avocado slices around the
edge.
Heat
the remaining oil in a non-stick pan and when hot add the prawns
and the snow peas which have been topped and tailed. Stir-fry
until the prawns turn pink and the snow peas are heated through
but still crisp.
Spoon onto the individual salads. Sprinkle with
the basil leaves.
For the dressing mix together:
4 tablespoons grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped spring onion
Whisk together and pour a little over each serving.
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