Tag: prawns

Posted on

Gambas Pil Pil

Gambas Pil Pil (Chilli and Garlic Prawns)

If you have ever been to spain you will most likely have seen this on the menu.
Its such an easy dish to recreate and works great on the BBQ.

Gambas Pil Pil

  • Prep Time15 min
  • Cook Time10 min
  • Total Time25 min
  • Yield2 Servings
  • Cuisine
  • Course
    • Appetizer
  • Cooking Method
    • Direct in Pan

Ingredients

  • 60ml of olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove sliced
  • 1/2 tsp of chilli flakes (or more if you like it hotter)
  • 200gms freshwater prawns (you can use tiger prawns but this is traditionally made with smaller juicer prawns)
  • A pinch of parsley (Optional)
  • Toasted sourdough bread to serve

Method

1

Heat the oil in a heat proof dish on the bbq

2

Add the sliced garlic and chilli and cook until sizzling

3

Toast the bread

4

Add the prawns and cook until they start to give out the juice (this is what helps make a delicious dipping sauce for the bread)

5

Sprinkle with parsley and serve along side the bread

Free Recipe Card

Download the free PDF Recipe Card

Download
Posted on

Baked Prawns

This is a popular one pot dish served throughout Turkey. The recipe, comes from the book Ozlem’s Turkish Table by Ozlem Warren and has been adapted for cooking on the BBQ.
I’ve  only had the book a couple of months and have marked quite a few recipes to cook on the BBQ.  Ozlem kindly gave permission to reproduce this recipe. Below is the link to her book,

Baked Prawns

  • Prep Time15 min
  • Cook Time30 min
  • Total Time45 min
  • Yield4 Servings
  • Cuisine
    • Mediterranean
  • Course
  • Cooking Method
    • Direct/InDirect

Ingredients

  • 225gms Raw King Prawns (shelled)
  • 225gms mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
  • 1 onion thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 400gms tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 60ml water
  • 120gms grated chedder
  • 3 tbs olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tsp turkish red pepper flakes (pul biber) or chilli flakes if you can't get them
  • Handful of fresh parsley
  • Flat breads or sourdough to serve

Method

1

Preheat the BBQ to 180°C and set up for indirect.

2

Heat the olive oil over the coals, and stir in the onion, peppers and mushrooms cook for about 4 to 5 mins until they begin to soften

3

Add the garlic, season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes cook for another 4-5 mins

4

Add the chopped tomatoes, bay leaves and water, combine well

5

Simmer for about 10 mins until the sauce starts to thicken

6

Stir in the prawns sprinkle with grated cheese, move to indirect heat, cover the pan or the bbq with a lid and bake for 10 mins until prawns are cooked and the cheese is nicely melted.

7

Garnish with chopped parsley and serve hot with bread of your choice

Free Recipe Card

Baked Prawns

Download the free PDF Recipe Card

Download

Ozlem Warrens book ‘Ozlems Turkish Table’ is available from all good bookshops.
OURMAND World Cookbook Awards WINNER and BEST IN THE WORLD, Heritage: Turkey. Foreword Indies Awards (USA, International) HONORABLE Mention for Cooking.

ISBN-10: 1912031949
ISBN-13: 978-1912031948

Posted on

Spicy Thai Prawns with Mango Salad

Spicy Thai Prawns with Mango Salad

  • Prep Time15 min
  • Cook Time3 min
  • Total Time18 min
  • Yield4 Servings
  • Course
    • Appetizer
  • Cooking Method

Ingredients

For the Prawns

  • 24 raw king prawns
  • 2 Cloves of garlic crushed
  • 2cm of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped/crushed
  • 1 fresh red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 tbls of Thai fish sauce
  • 1 tbls of Soya sauce
  • 1 tbls of ground nut oil (or olive oil)
  • chopped coriander to serve
  • 1 lime cut into 4 wedges.
  • 6 mini skewers (15cm)

For the Mango Salad

  • 1 chopped up fresh mango
  • 1 chopped up red onion
  • Half red chilli (optional)
  • 1 Tomato chopped
  • 1 Tbls of fresh chopped coriander
  • 1 Tbls Olive oil (optional)

Method

1

Firstly if using wooden skewers the soak in water for at least 30 minutes so they don’t burn on the bbq.

2

Mix the garlic, ginger, chilli, fish sauce, soy sauce & oil to make the marinade

3

Put the prawns onto the skewers, I use mini 15cm skewers that hold 3 prawns to each skewer, you could use large skewers if you prefer.

4

Marinate the prawns for 30 minutes

5

Make sure your bbq is really hot, then add the prawn skewers to the bqq, directly over the heat.

6

After 1 minute turn over the prawn skewers and continue to cook for about 1 more minute until the prawns have completey changed from grey colour to pink.

7

Serve with fresh chopped coriander and lime wedges.

8

I also added a mango salad, simply chop up a fresh mango, red onion, red chilli, tomato, some coriander and serve.

Recipe from @FourSeasonsBBQ

Free Recipe Card

Spicy Thai Prawns

Download the free PDF Recipe Card

Download