KING PRAWN BROCHETTE ON A SPICY SWEET SALAD
Ingredients
- 20 raw king prawns
- heads removed and shelled - butterfly them to
- remove waste
- wooden skewers (soaked to stop them burning when barbequed or griddled)
- 1 red chilli
- 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
- peeled
- 1 garlic clove
- a little lime juice
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- ½ fresh pineapple
- cut into 1cm/½in dice
- 110g/4oz mooli (daikon radish)
- cut into fine batons (julienne) 7.5cm/3in long
- 200g/7oz mangetout
- cut on an angle finely
- 2 carrots
- cut into fine batons (julienne) 7.5cm/3in long
- 1 red onion
- finely sliced
- 1 heaped tbsp coriander
- coarsely chopped
- 2 red chillies
- finely diced
- ½ thumb-sized piece of ginger
- finely diced
- 110ml/4fl oz rice wine vinegar
- 2 limes
- zest and juice
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
Directions
- In a pestle and mortar pound the marinade ingredients (the chilli
- ginger
- garlic
- lime juice and oil) and add the prawns
- allowing them to marinate for 1 hour.
- Once the prawns have marinated
- skewer them on to the wooden skewers - about four per skewer depending on the size of the prawns.
- On a hot griddle pan place the prawn skewers and cook for a couple of minutes on each side (the prawns will turn pink).
- Meanwhile prepare the salad ingredients and mix the dressing in well - almost bruising the vegetables.
- Serve the salad in the middle of a plate and place two skewers on top and eat immediately.

