Ex-PlaySchool host and purveyor of fine wares at Reclaim at Summer Hill (http://www.monica.com.au/reclaim), Monica Trapaga originally shared this recipe in the Australian Women's Weekly (now published monthly!) in March 1996. It's really easy to make, as the hardest part is actually going to the shops to buy the prawns! You can eat them by themselves, but also delicious on a bed of rice sprinkled with chopped almonds.
Note - you can prepare the marinade up to 3 hours in advance.
Ingredients
1 kg uncooked medium prawns (banana prawns or king prawns if you're rolling in it)
1/3 cup (80 ml) lime juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh oregano
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tspn sugar
2 small red chillies, seeded, chopped (the smaller, the stronger the flavour so go easy if you're not a red hot chilli fan)
1/4 tspn cracked black pepper
1 tabspn olive oil
Method
1. Peel and devein prawns, leaving the tails on. (This is vile and there is no easy way to it. Just don't forget to pull out the "shit shoot")
2. Combine prawns with all remaining ingredients in a bowl. Cover and put in fridge for several hours.
3. When you pull them out again, drain the marinade from the prawns and keep the marinade.
4. Heat BBQ or frypan, add prawns and cook on both sides until just cooked through (they go reddish ;))
5. Put marinade in with prawns and bring to the boil.
6. Serve prawns with marinade. You can also add rice and steamed snow peas.
I know this recipe isn't strictly veg (apologies to the vegans) but some of us eat seafood.
Ingredients
1 kg uncooked medium prawns (banana prawns or king prawns if you're rolling in it)
1/3 cup (80 ml) lime juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh oregano
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tspn sugar
2 small red chillies, seeded, chopped (the smaller, the stronger the flavour so go easy if you're not a red hot chilli fan)
1/4 tspn cracked black pepper
1 tabspn olive oil
Method
1. Peel and devein prawns, leaving the tails on. (This is vile and there is no easy way to it. Just don't forget to pull out the "shit shoot")
2. Combine prawns with all remaining ingredients in a bowl. Cover and put in fridge for several hours.
3. When you pull them out again, drain the marinade from the prawns and keep the marinade.
4. Heat BBQ or frypan, add prawns and cook on both sides until just cooked through (they go reddish ;))
6. Serve prawns with marinade. You can also add rice and steamed snow peas.
I know this recipe isn't strictly veg (apologies to the vegans) but some of us eat seafood.
big fat juicy prawns....hubba hubba
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