Spicy Prawn Recipe, a sure fire winner.

JodieDownUnder

This week my wonderful wife had a birthday. For dinner, I cooked for her, her favourite dish. It’s an easy one to cook, as long as the prawns (shrimp) are really good quality. It started off as creamy garlic prawns but I’ve tweaked with it over the years & this is what I’ve come up with.

Recipe; 500g of headless, peeled, green prawns. In a frypan, melt some coconut oil, add 1 sliced onion, 2 tablespoon chopped garlic, 1 chopped chilli, teaspoon of grated ginger, splash of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida powder, 1 heaped teaspoon turmeric powder. Fry off all ingredients, then add 1 can coconut cream, let simmer & reduce a little. In a separate pan get some coconut oil nice & hot & add the prawns. Won’t take long, just a minute or 2 on each side. When done, add prawns to the sauce & combine. Serve over basmati rice. While the sauce is simmering I throw in a handful of frozen peas for colour & taste. A small salsa salad on the side, think tomato, cucumber, avocado is an option for more veg intake. Please try, you won’t be disappointed. If you don’t have prawns, you could try chicken, fish, tofu, eggplant, pumpkin, chick peas etc.

Torey

This looks so yummy, Jodie. I don't have access to fresh prawns but I have a friend on Vancouver Island and will share this recipe with her. I'm sure she will love it.

But I will try this, too, first time I get some prawns. Maybe I won't wait and will try it with chicken.

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

Ooo, I have some frozen so I don't have to wait. 😋

I'm still trying to find a reputable supplier for fresh seafood, which is hard being so far inland.

But I'm sure my husband would love this. I'll see about making it when we have our next date night. Thanks for sharing @JodieDownUnder

Torey

My friends from Vancouver Island arrived back in their inland home with a cooler full of prawns! What a feed we had! Prawn cakes, deep fried prawns (with some wonderful homemade dips) and your spicy prawn dish on rice with a Greek salad. It was wonderful! Even my husband who isn't a fan of rice or anything that is yellow (for fear that it might be curry) really enjoyed it.

I will be making this more often but with chicken as the protein.

JodieDownUnder

@torey I’m glad you & your husband enjoyed the spicy prawns. It’s definitely a go to in our house, I’ve used marinara mix, fish, chicken. Even loads different veg & chick peas.

water2world

@JodieDownUnder Thanks for the recipe .... Can't wait to try it! My mouth is watering!!

water2world

@ torey What a good idea---I can get the chicken before I can get prawns! Thanks.

Torey

@JodieDownUnder and @water2world

I have made it again with chicken. Excellent. Becoming a favourite in our house.

I should have mentioned that I didn't have Asafoetida powder so I googled a substitution. It said to mix garlic powder with onion powder. But as I have never tasted or smelled Asafoetida, I wasn't sure if that would do the trick. Its an Apiaceae plant so I chose another member of the family. I mixed equal parts of cumin and garlic together and that was very nice.

The chilli I chose was Thai chilli. I've never tried it before and am glad that I tasted the heat of it before adding it to the sauce. Warning, Thai chillis have quite a bite for such little things. I like heat but my friends, not so much. So I only added 1 tiny chilli. For us, I added 2 to the chicken version.

I had snap peas in the house so used those with the chicken dish.

This is an awesome recipe cause you can switch it up so easily. I think a few strips of red pepper would give it a lovely spark of colour, too.

water2world

@ torey Thanks for the update and your suggestions! I'm thinking it will become a favorite here!

Cornelius

This looks really good! I don't have shrimp so I will try the chicken version 😋

JodieDownUnder

@torey Asafoetida I’ve always believed to have an intense onion flavour, I don’t always have it but I do at the moment. Good thinking about mixing your flavours together. It is a great recipe to change up quickly, depending on what ingredients you’ve got & easy to change flavour combinations. I made it again last night with some fish & leeks from the garden. Jayne always says delicious but then she always says it never tastes the same!