Sesame BBQ Prawns with Chilli Jam and Pear and Herb Salad

20 Easy

Prep 20 min Cook 10 min

This recipe for Sesame BBq Prawns with Chilli Jam and Pear and Herb Salad is a taste sensation that will have your guests queuing up for more of everything.

Asian Prawn Ingredients

20 large raw green tiger prawns, deveined, head intact
Good pinch pepper
¼ cup corn flour
1 egg
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsps. tamari
¼ cup Japanese rice sesame and nori seasoning
¼ cup peanut oil for frying

Substitute Ingredients

Japanese rice sesame and nori seasoning:
mixture of finely chopped nori, sesame seeds, fried shallots – Asian style – chopped and a sprinkle of dashi powder

Salad Ingredients

2 cups mixed herbs – coriander, Vietnamese mint, Thai basil, spearmint
4 red radishes, julienne
1 Lebanese cucumber, julienne
½ cup daikon, julienne
1 punnet shiso herbs
1 Fuji pear, julienne
1 cup green papaya, julienne or shredded
2 long red chillies, deseeded and julienne

Dressing Ingredients

5 cloves garlic
60 ml good quality chilli jam
30 ml rice vinegar
60 ml fish sauce
65 ml lime juice
30 ml lemon juice

Recipe Steps

Prepare salad – Combine all ingredients and toss together.

Dressing – Combine all the ingredients and adjust seasoning.

Combine the pepper with the cornflour and dip the prawns only on the outside into the corn flour, Combine the egg with the sesame oil and tamari and whisk. Dip into the egg mixture and then into the chopped sesame, nori and fried shallots.

Heat the oil in a fry pan and fry on both sides until the sesame seeds are golden and prawns are just cooked.

Serve hot with a small amount of the salad on top