Grilled Prawns with Herbs and Chillies

Grilled Prawns marinated in a delicious medley of fresh herbs and dried chillies, pan grilled to get a flavourful char outside but juicy and succulent inside.

For all the prawn lovers out there!

Personally, I find prawns the easiest yet the most indulgent seafood to cook and eat. Not just for the fact that it cooks super fast but also for its ability to absorb all sorts of flavours in minimal time. Agreed, prawns are slightly more expensive when compared to your regular fish fillets, but there’s so little you need to do to it for a delicious dinner on your table in no time at all.

In our home, prawns are most often cooked for mid week dinners. And that’s because, by Wednesday, I get into the when’s the weekend coming mode and I really need something to get me going. Sometimes, it’s a nice glass of wine or perhaps a late night movie (for which I curse myself the next day morning) and sometimes, it’s an indulgent plate of food. And prawns fit perfectly in that mid week indulgent category.

While I need that mid week luxury, I am not willing to work too hard for it. So today’s recipe, grilled prawns with herbs and chillies is just perfect.

All you really need for this dish is a bunch of herbs, which makes it also a good dish to use up leftover herbs that let it go bad in the refrigerator. When I have an excess amount of herbs (I grow quite a few at home), I usually chop it all up finely, mix with a generous amount of olive oil and freeze for future uses like this dish. So that’s another tip for you!

So that’s it really, mix the prawns with the herb oil emulsion, a touch of chilli flakes to spice things up and then grill it. Top the grilled prawns over a big bowl of salad or a quick rice or noodle stir fry for a delicious and indulgent midweek dinner.

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Grilled Prawns with Herbs and Chillies

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Australian

Author: Dhanya Samuel

Ingredients

• 350 gms tiger prawns; deshelled leave tails intact and deveined
• 1-1 ½ tsp chilli flakes adjust to heat preferences
• 1 large garlic clove; grated
• Salt; to season
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Lemon slices; to garnish

Herb marinade

• ½ cup fresh coriander leaves; finely chopped
• ½ cup fresh parsley leaves; finely chopped
• 5-6 mint leaves; finely chopped
• 5-6 basil leaves; finely chopped
• 1 cup olive oil

Instructions

• Clean the prawns as mentioned and keep aside.
• Make the herb marinade by mixing all the fresh herbs with the olive oil.
• Marinate the prawns with ¾ ths of the herb marinade (reserve a bit for the end), half of the chilli flakes, salt, garlic and the lemon juice.
• Heat a stove top grill to high, season with oil and grill the prawns on both sides till done.
• Remove to a serving plate, mix through the remaining marinade and garnish with chilli flakes and lemon slices.
• Enjoy!