Ingredients

• 600g/1lb 5oz whole king prawns (around 24 medium)
• 150ml/5fl oz olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves
• very finely chopped
• 3 tbsp very finely chopped parsley leaves
• generous pinch dried red chilli flakes
• sea salt
• lemon wedges
• bread (optional)

Directions

• Peel the prawns
• leaving the tip of the tail and the head intact.
• Pour the olive oil into a large frying pan and set over a medium heat. Add the garlic
• parsley
• chilli flakes and a large pinch of sea salt and cook for a couple of minutes
• stirring constantly
• until the garlic starts to soften but isn’t taking much colour on.
• Turn up the heat and add the prawns
• frying briskly on each side until they are pink and cooked through. This will take up to 3 minutes.
• Carefully remove the prawns from the frying pan with a slotted spoon. Serve immediately with some of the flavoured cooking oil drizzled over
• with lemon wedges and perhaps some bread for dipping.