Prawn salad with a crunch
This salad combines contrasting crunchy ingredients (radish, cucumber, gherkins, onions) with the softer textures of cold rice and tomatoes. The oven-roasted prawns are addded hot.
The salad is brought together with herbs and a vinaigrette dressing.
The salad is brought together with herbs and a vinaigrette dressing.
82K 14 3.9
Last modified on: September 15th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:SaladCrunchyPrawnsCrunchy vegetablesFor 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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 41 min. | 10 min. | 1 hour 51 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 cucumber.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Slice 50 g radishes and chop the herbs.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
If not already done, cook the rice.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Mix in a salad bowl: cucumber, onion, tomatoes, radishes, rice and herbs.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
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.
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.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
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...
Stage 9 - 10 min.
...until golden brown.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Add the prawns to the salad, pour 150 ml French dressing (vinaigrette) over and mix thoroughly.
Serve without delay.
Serve without delay.
Remarks
As always with salads, the proportions are given for guidance only, so do adapt to suit your own taste.
And to drink?
A straightforward white wine, well chilled.
Keeping
A few hours in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,146 Kcal or 8,985 Kj | 85 gr | 61 gr | 177 gr |
| 107 % | 33 % | 6 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 124 Kcal or 519 Kj | 5 gr | 4 gr | 10 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj | 14 gr | 10 gr | 29 gr |
| 18 % | 5 % | 1 % | 4 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Seafood sauerkraut, Curried prawn risotto, Crispy prawn rolls, Paella, Vietnamese prawns, ... All |
 | Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ratatouille confite, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., How to prepare tomatoes, Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Mediterranean toast, ... All |
 | Cooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and peas, Cajun pork with rice., Tomatoes Provençal, Quick stuffed courgettes, Madras rice, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salad lyonnaise, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Baby spinach salad, Rice and fresh spinach salad, ... All |
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