HOT AND SOUR PRAWNS WITH ASIAN NOODLE SALAD
Ingredients
- 16 large raw tiger prawns
- 4 limes
- zest and juice only
- 2 red chillies
- diced
- 1 thumb-size piece ginger
- grated
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 head pak choi
- shredded
- small bunch of coriander
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 50g/1¾oz peanuts
- chopped
- 100g/3½oz egg noodles
- cooked
- cooled and oiled
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 chillies
- cut into strips
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 2 passion fruit
- juice only
Directions
- Split the prawns down the middle and put them
- split side up
- in a bowl.
- Chop two of the chillies and half the ginger. Add half the vegetable oil to the chopped chilli and ginger. Pour this over the prawns and mix well.
- Place the prawns cut side down on a hot griddle pan. Turn the prawns after two minutes. At this point
- pour half the lime juice and zest over them and leave to cook for another two minutes.
- Meanwhile
- make the noodle salad. Add the shredded pak choi
- coriander
- sesame oil
- a splash of vegetable oil
- the remaining lime juice (reserving one teaspoon) and zest and the peanuts to the cooked noodles.
- Cut the remaining ginger and chillies into fine strips and add them to the noodles. Season to taste.
- For the dipping sauce
- mix two tablespoons of sweet chilli sauce with the passion fruit juice and one teaspoon of limejuice.
- Serve on a large platter
- with the noodles on one end and a stack of prawns on the other
- with the dipping sauce in a small dish in the middle.

