Garlic prawns with salad

Now she’s no longer in survival mode in the Tasmanian wilderness, Gina Chick, winner of season 1 Alone Australia likes to whip up a simple garlic prawn and salad dish as her ideal meal when cooking for one. The prawns are richly flavoured with fresh garlic and spices, then served with a crisp salad topped with pink peppercorns, avocado, cucumber and pear.

Prawns are richly flavoured with fresh garlic and spices, then served with a crisp salad topped with pink peppercorns, avocado, cucumber and pear.

• serves

  1

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 40 g butter, softened
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp paprika
• 1 banana chilli, finely chopped (optional)
• 500 g green prawns, peeled, tail-on
• ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped (optional)
• salt and black pepper, to taste

For the salad 

• 8 little gem lettuce leaves
• 4 radicchio leaves
• 6 pink peppercorns
• ¼ avocado, sliced
• 2 baby cucumbers, sliced
• 1 pear, sliced
• orange vinegar and olive oil to dress

Instructions

1. For the salad, place all the salad ingredients in a large bowl and drizzle with orange vinegar and olive oil. Just before serving, toss gently to coat.

2. To make the garlic prawns, in a large frying pan, heat the oil and butter over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, spices and chilli and cook, stirring, until just fragrant. Add the prawns to the pan in a single layer and cook for 2 minutes, or until cooked on one side.

3. Turn the prawns and cook for a further 2 minutes, or until the prawns are cooked through. Add the parsley to the pan, stir through and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve the garlic prawns with the salad.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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