Soups and Starters Recipes - Spicy Butterflied Prawns Recipe

  
 

Soups and Starters Recipes - Spicy Butterflied Prawns Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 500 g/1lb raw tiger prawns

  • 25 ml/1 fl oz orange juice

  • 2 tablespoons lime juice

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 teaspoon white rum

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 1 teaspoon dried green peppercorns, crushed

  • salt

Method:

  1. Remove the shells and tails from the prawns and slit them about halfway through along their backs so that they open up and lie flat. Remove the dark veins, then pat dry.

  2. Combine all the remaining ingredients, with salt to taste, in a mixing bowl. Add the prawns and stir. Cover and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

  3. Thread the prawns on to skewers, inserting the point of the skewer at the tail end and pushing it through the prawn to come out at the head end. Reserve the marinade.

  4. Cook the prawns under a very hot grill for 6-10 minutes, turning occasionally and basting with the marinade. Take care not to overcook them: the prawns are cooked when they turn opaque. Serve immediately.