Nothing says party like prawns. We've got your back with these tried-and-true recipes.
1. Prawns with tartare vinaigrette
This impressive – and impressively easy – share plate from Adam Liaw has just the right balance of salty, briny, lemony flavours on top of sweet cooked fresh prawns.
2. Sizzling Moroccan prawns with couscous and rainbow salsa
This Jamie Oliver recipes brings together quick-marinated prawns, fluffy couscous, a vibrant array of vegetables and creamy yoghurt. It's a dish to serve two, so a great one for festive meal à deux.
3. Spanish garlic prawns
Get the most out of your prawns in this Adam Liaw recipe by utilising the prawn shells and heads to make a flavour-packed oil. Add a pinch of bicarb soda to the prawn meat for extra juicy texture, then flavour with plenty of garlic, chilli, sherry and parsley for a spicy, delicious treat served on crusty bread.
4. Lebanese spiced prawns with tarator and caramelised onion
Tarator is a rich and velvety Eastern European soup or sauce made of any combination of walnuts, garlic, yoghurt, tahini, and sometimes cucumber, herbs, and vinegar or lemon juice. This dish uses a simple - but creamy - version, and combines spiced fresh prawns and sweet caramelised onion to create multi-layered flavours.
5. Prawn linguine
This bowl is quick enough to suit the sometimes hectic speed of holiday days, but also fancy enough to be at home on a festive menu!
6. African cassava and prawn fritters
Serve the fritters hot as a starter or tapas, perhaps accompanied by thinly sliced crudités and avocado dip. Also a good way to use up cooked prawns.
7. Caribbean prawn skewers with mango salsa
These juicy skewers burst with golden summery flavours. They're marinated and made hours ahead, which means all you need to do is barbecue them.
8. Grilled prawns with lemon myrtle and vanilla hollandaise
Conventional hollandaise is given an earthy, sweet and aromatic twist with lemon myrtle and vanilla bean in this pairing of flavours using native lemon myrtle.
9. Indian prawn and coconut curry (narkol chengri moli)
Juicy prawns soak up this creamy aromatic broth.
A luxurious soft filling encased in fresh crumbs, fried until crisp and golden.
Tempura can intimidate in the kitchen, but think of it no differently to a humble beer batter and it will seem far more accessible. Tempura was a once a quick meal for merchants on the go back in the Edo period in Japan, so it's designed to be rustic.
12. Thai prawns with chilli jam salad (pla goong)
Hits that classic Thai punch of sweet and heat.
13. Ali Nazik barbecued king prawns with baba ganoush
Make these prawn skewers the centrepiece of a big Middle Eastern BBQ spread. Sitting atop a bed of smoky baba ganoush, the prawns are covered with a Turkish bread sauce with butter and spices in this Shane Delia recipe.
14. Chinese Sichuan pepper prawns with smoky mayo
You had us at smoky mayo.
15. Spanish-style garlic prawns (gambas al ajillo)
Gambas al ajillo is one of the most popular tapas in Spain, and these pan-fried prawns with garlic and chilli are fast and easy to make.
16. Brazilian prawn curry (vatapa)
Prawns cooked in a rich and vibrant sauce thickened with nuts and bread.
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