For maximum flavour, prepare this dish 24 hours in advance. There are lots of ingredients but it is really easy. Serve with a large green salad.
Needs to be prepared 48 hours in advance.
Hot & Sour Pickled Prawns
Ingredients
- 16 large Mediterranean prawns
- ½ medium yellow pepper, very thinly sliced
- ½ medium red pepper, very thinly sliced
- 50g red onion, thinly sliced
- ½ lemon, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp capers, drained
- 150ml light olive oil
- 55ml cider vinegar
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 1 dsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 dsp tabasco sauce
- ½ tsp salt freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp white sugar
- Fresh coriander (to serve)
- ½ lime, thinly sliced (to serve)
Steps
- Step 1
To prepare the prawns, remove the shells and heads (if there are any) but leave the tails on as they look very attractive
- Step 2
Then use the tip of a small sharp knife to cut a slit all along the back of each prawn and remove the black thread that sometimes runs from head to tail
- Step 3
Then place the prawns, capers, sliced peppers, onion and lemon in a 1-litre non-metallic dish/polythene box
- Step 4
In a bowl, whisk together the oil, mustard, vinegar, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce and tabasco sauce, adding salt, a little black pepper and the sugar
- Step 5
Pour the mixture over the prawns, cover the container and place in the fridge for 48 hours, giving the contents a shake/stir from time to time
- Step 6
Serve the prawns garnished with sprigs of coriander and slices of lime with plenty of the marinade poured over, and a large green salad
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By The Healthy Employee
- Servings: 2
- Meals or Courses: LunchStarter
- Dish Type: BBQSpicy
- Special Diet: Dairy FreeGluten free
- Seasons and Occasions: AutumnFather's DayMother's DaySummer
- Difficulty Level:
- Ratings:
- Created: September 13, 2011
