Thai King Prawns Recipes

Steps:

• Tip all the chopped ingredients into a bowl, add the olive oil along with the lime zest and juice and mix well. Set aside for 30 minutes to allow the flavours to mingle.
• To make fragrant Thai prawns, remove heads and peel shells from 20 raw king prawns but leave tail sections on. Toss in the marinade and cook on a really hot barbecue for 45 seconds on each side until they turn from grey-blue to pink.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix bananas, cucumbers, mint, cilantro, ginger, and red chile pepper to make salsa.
• In a small bowl, blend lime juice, fish sauce, and brown sugar until sugar has dissolved. Thoroughly mix into the salsa.
• Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Place prawns in the water, and cook 3 minutes, or until flesh is opaque. Serve with the banana salsa.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Tip in the onion and ginger, then cook for a few mins until softened. Stir in the curry paste, then cook for 1 min more. Pour over the chopped tomatoes and coconut cream. Bring to the boil, then leave to simmer for 5 mins, adding a little boiling water if the mixture gets too thick.
• Tip in the prawns, then cook for 5-10 mins more, depending on how large they are. Serve alongside some plain rice and sprinkle with a little chopped coriander, if you like.

Steps:

• Peel the prawns, leaving the last part of the tail intact, and de-vein.
• Put the prawns in a shallow dish and toss with the chili, garlic, spring onions, ginger, lemon juice and parsley.
• Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok.
• Add the prawns and marinade and stir-fry gently for 2-3 minutes until the prawns are pink and cooked through.
• Serve with a small dish of sweet chili dipping sauce.

Steps:

• Place fish sauce, vinegar and caster sugar in a saucepan with 4.5 fl oz water and bring gently to boiling point. Allow to cool and stir in lime juice.
• Heat a frying pan and add the oil. When hot, add prawns and toss gently for 2-3 minutes, until they are completely pink. Dish on to a large plate and scatter with mint leaves and some sea salt.
• Serve with the dipping sauce.