KING PRAWN BROCHETTE ON A SPICY SWEET SALAD
KING PRAWN BROCHETTE ON A SPICY SWEET SALAD
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.