BBQ spicy peanut butter prawns & South-East Asian style salad with peanut butter dressing

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Need to know

Serves: 4 (as an entrée)

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

What you need

24 king or large tiger prawns tails on, peeled and deveined

Spicy peanut butter marinade

1 tbsp (heaped) Bega Simply Nuts Smooth Peanut Butter

3 lemongrass stalks, outer leaves removed

1 large clove garlic

1 red chili

1 small bunch coriander stems, washed well and drained

Juice of half lime

1 tbsp brown sugar

½ tsp salt

1 tsp ground coriander

1 ½ tbs olive oil

1 tbsp fish sauce

South-East Asian style salad with peanut butter dressing

1 cup red cabbage, finely shredded

½ cup green apple, julienned

½ cup carrot, julienned

½ cup cucumber, deseeded and sliced thinly

1 punnet grape tomatoes (either yellow or red variety), halved

¼ cup coriander leaves

¼ cup mint leaves

¼ cup Thai basil leaves

2 tbsp spring onions, sliced finely

Peanut Butter Dressing

1 tbsp (heaped) Bega Simply Nuts The Crunchiest Peanut Butter

1 tsp brown sugar

1 lime, juiced

1 ¼ tbsp fish sauce

Instructions

Step 1.

Halve the garlic and chili and keep aside. Trim the lemongrass stalks to only use the bottom 15cm and then cut into 0.5cm pieces. Chop the coriander stems into 3cm pieces. Using a mortar and pestle, crush until a coarse paste is formed.

Step 2.

Add the remaining marinade ingredients to the mixture and mix well with a spoon. Pour over the prawns and combine until all the prawns are coated with the marinade. Cover and keep refrigerated for half an hour to allow to marinade.

Step 3.

In the meantime, soak 8 bamboo skewers in water for 15 minutes and remove to drain.

Step 4.

Prepare the salad ingredients except for the dressing and keep refrigerated.

Step 5.

After half an hour, remove the marinated prawns from the fridge and carefully thread 3 prawns per skewer.

Step 6.

Heat either a gas or charcoal bbq and ensure that the grill rack is cleaned well. Once the bbq is hot, lightly grease the rack with olive oil. Place the prawn skewers and allow to cook for 2 minutes before turning. Once turned, cook for a further 2 minutes then remove from the heat.

Step 7.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the salad dressing ingredients and mix well.

Step 8.

Add the prepared salad ingredients and toss until the salad is well coated with the dressing.

Step 9.

Transfer to a serving platter and top with the hot prawns. Garnish with lime wedges.

Step 10.

Serve immediately.