Prawn salad with a crunch

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 1 cucumber
• 2 1 spring onion (scallion)
• 3 400 g tomato
• 4 30 g gherkins in vinegar
• 5 50 g radishes
• 6 parsley
• 7 chives
• 8 thyme
• 9 350 g cooked rice
• 10 400 g prawns
• 11 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 12 150 ml French dressing (vinaigrette)
• Total weight: 1,735 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 45 min.	10 min.	1 hour 55 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare 1 cucumber.
• 2: Chop 1 spring onion (scallion).
• 3: Prepare 400 g tomato.
  Slice 30 g gherkins in vinegar.
• 4: Slice 50 g radishes and chop the herbs.
• 5: If not already done, cook the rice.
• 6: Mix in a salad bowl: cucumber, onion, tomatoes, radishes, rice and herbs.
• 7: Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
  Shell 400 g prawns and remove the dark gut which can give a bitter taste (prepare like scampi, as shown in the video opposite).
  Note:If the gut does not pull away easily, you can split the back of the prawn with a knife to remove it.
• 8: Arrange the prawns on a baking sheet, brush with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Cook in the oven for about 10 minutes...
• 9: ...until golden brown.
• 10: Add the prawns to the salad, pour 150 ml French dressing (vinaigrette) over and mix thoroughly.
  Serve without delay.

Remarks

As always with salads, the proportions are given for guidance only, so do adapt to suit your own taste.

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