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Grilled Prawns Recipe _ whole prawns on a plate with other ingredients - garlic, lemongrass,, chillies, lime

Thai Grilled Prawns with kaffir lime

Thai grilled prawns recipe made easy - just a handful of ingredients, a hot grill, and fragrant kaffir lime for bold Southeast Asian flavour in 5 minutes.
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Thai
Calories: 410

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo large whole prawns, with the shells on
  • ½ cup garlic sliced
  • 4-5 dried red chillies chopped into large pieces
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper crushed
  • 10-15 kaffir lime leaves roughly chopped
  • 1 lime
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Equipment

  • large pan or wok

Method
 

  1. Put a pan on the highest heat setting, once it starts smoking add 2 tablespoons cooking oil and 1 kilo large whole shell on prawns. Let them sizzle for a minute before turning them over.
  2. Add all the other ingredients except for the lime (½ cup sliced garlic, 4-5 chopped dried red chillies, 1 tablespoon black pepper, and 10-15 kaffir lime leaves)
  3. After a minute start mixing it with a spoon and keep mixing it while it's on high heat for 4-5 minutes until the prawns are cooked.
  4. Turn off the heat and squeeze tbe juice of 1 lime into the pan and toss to mix thoroughly.
  5. Serve and enjoy.
  6. You can eat this on its own, or with lemon butter, sriracha, nam jim (Thai dipping sauce) or sweet chilli sauce. The chef has served it with green Thai seafood sauce.

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