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Top rated Prawns recipes
Suchismita Majumdar

By Suchi, Kitchen Karma
This easy to make pasta makes for a quick weekday dinner! And satisfying it is too!
- Ingredients: (Serves 6)
- 300g (11oz) spaghetti
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 table spoon olive oil
- 50g (1 and 3/4 oz) very fine fresh brown bread crumbs
- finely grated zest and juice of one lemon
- 1 large shallot finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded, and finely diced
- 300g (1oz) shelled, cooked king prawns
- 6 large ripe tomatoes, halved, deseeded, and roughly chopped
- 1 large bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve
Prawn Dim Sum

By kenzofish
1.For the dips, place the soy sauce, sesame oil and one of the chopped red chillies into a clean bowl and whisk tog...
- For the dips
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 red chillies, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- For the prawn dim sum
- 250g/9oz raw king prawns, peeled and de-veined
- 50g/2oz bamboo shoots, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp dry sherry or rice wine
- ¼ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 16 ready-made dim sum wrappers (available from Asian supermarkets)
Seafood Sauerkraut

By Pierrick Leroux
Rehydrate the seaweed. Chop the cabbage into thin strips and blanch in boiling water and drain
- - 200 g of dried seaweed of your choice
- - 1.5 kg white cabbage
- - 250 g of onions
- - 2 cloves of garlic
- - 10 peppercorns
- - 100 g butter
- - 150 ml dry white wine
- - 300 g thick smoked pork belly
- - 600 g pollack
- - 600 g sea trout or salmon
- - 200 g shelled prawns
- - 500 g mussels
- - 200 g langoustines
Crab and prawn verrines with grapefruit, orange and pineapple

By Patricia du blog La Table de Pénélope
If the crab claws are raw: Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan with 1/2 an onion cut in two, thyme and bay leav...
Cream of lentil soup with prawns

By Gilles Goess Hostellerie La Briqueterie, France
To make the lentil soup: - Put the lentils in a large saucepan with the chicken stock, carrots, onion pricked w...
- - 500 g lentillons
- - 1,5 l chicken stock
- - 2 carrots
- - 1 onion
- - 2 cloves
- - 1 bouquet garni
- - 2 cloves of garlic
- - 80 g of smoked bacon
- - 0.4 l of single cream
- - 9 medium prawns
- - 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- - Salt
- - Freshly ground pepper
ultimate makeover: Fish pie

By hanzvallance
Mix 3 tbsp of the milk into the cornflour and set aside
- 500ml semi-skimmed milk
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 100g cooked prawns in their shells
- several thyme sprigs, preferably lemon thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 750g new potatoes, such as Charlotte (no need to peel)
- 1 medium leek, thinly sliced (175g prepared weight)
- 400g skinned haddock fillet
- 350g skinned salmon fillet
- 175g skinned smoked haddock fillet
- 125g tub low-fat soft cheese with garlic & herbs
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp snipped chives
Fish - Chilli Prawn Pasta

By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
This is a simple prawn dish that took less than 11 minutes – the time the pasta took in fact!
- 120 gm of fab king prawns with the tails on
- One green chilli - deseeded and chopped
- One red chilli – deseeded and chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic chopped finely
- A handful of flat leaf parsley chopped
- A small glass of white wine
- 100 gm of passata or chopped tinned tomatoes
- Olive oil
- 300 gm of fusili and rigatoni pasta
Spicy prawn soup with lemongrass (Tom Yam Kung)

By Babali du blog Couleur Kémia
Slice finely the green onion
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 250g peeled prawns,
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 5 leaves of bergamot,
- 3 slices of galangal,
- ¼ cup fish sauce (Nam Pla)
- 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped 2 3 cm approx.,
- 2 green onions,
- 5 Thai green chilies to taste (depending on your taste)
- 1/2 cup straw mushrooms,
- 1/4 cup lime juice,
- 1 teaspoon chili paste grilled
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander.
Chilli prawns

By charlgrace91
Spicy seafood dish
- 25g butter
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, seeds left in and finely chopped
- ½ tsp sweet paprika
- 12-20 large raw king prawns with shells
- juice 1 lemon, plus a few slices for a finger bowl
- ½ x small bunch parsley, roughly chopped
- small loaf crusty bread, warmed to serve
Prawn soup with coconut milk

By Pascale Weeks du blog C'est moi qui l'ai fait !
Pour the chicken stock and coconut milk in a saucepan
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- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
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Thai Prawn Cakes (Thod Man Kung)
- 500g shelled raw prawns
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Classic Prawn Cocktail
- 1/4 iceburg lettuce, remove the inside and choˆpe up the outer leaves into thin strips
- 2 lemon wedges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 16 cooked king prawns, peeled
- 140ml qualit mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1tsp Worcestershire sauce
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- Pinch of cayenne pepper
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Bobo de camarao
- 2 pounds cassava
- 2 pounds raw shrimp
- 4 medium sized tomatoes
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
- 1/2 bunch of fresh chives
- 1/2 bunch of fresh parsley
- 2 limes
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Seared Salmon and Prawn Pasta
- 200g fillet of salmon (cut into thick slices)
- 16 grey tiger prawns
- 120g dried pasta shells or 400g fresh pasta shells
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 50g mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 clove of garlic (chopped)
- 2 tablespoon diced red pepper
- 2 tablespoon diced green pepper
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 100 ml milk
- 75g grated matured Cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- 1 handful of chopped fresh herbs
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
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- A few shavings of Parmesan cheese and chopped chives for garnish
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Sugarcane prawns 4.5/5 (19 Votes)
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Spanish rice & prawn one-pot
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 red and 1 green pepper, deseeded and sliced
- 50g chorizo, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 200g raw, peeled prawns, defrosted if frozen
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Prawn spring rolls
- 10 discs of rice paper
- 1/4 of courgette
- 1/4 of fennel
- 10 cooked prawns
- 4 slices of smoked salmon
- 2 portions of fresh garlic and herb cheese (2*30g)
- 3 tablespoons of natural fromage frais
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Prawn and lemon grass soup 4.1/5 (11 Votes)
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Healthy homemade thai prawn curry
- curry paste:
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1+1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 3 green chillies
- 3 tsp minced root ginger
- 4 tsp minced garlic
- 3 lemongrass stalks finely chopped
- bunch of fresh coriander chopped
- zest of 1 lime
- juice of 2 limes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Additional ingredients:
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 10 baby sweetcorn
- 1 green pepper sliced
- 1 courgette cut into batons
- 1 can of coconut milk
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 300g fresh tiger prawns
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