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Prawn salad with a crunch

Name: Prawn salad with a crunch
Prep time: 1 h 41 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 51 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 1 spring onion (scallion); 400 g tomato; 30 g gherkins in vinegar; 50 g radishes; Parsley; Chives; Thyme; 350 g cooked rice; 400 g prawns; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 150 ml french dressing (vinaigrette)

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.

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Duration

1 hour 55 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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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 for this recipe

Preparation

1 hour 45 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

1 hour 55 min.

Preparation 1 hour 45 min.

Cooking 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare 1 cucumber.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Chop 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 3 - ⌛ 20 min.

Prepare 400 g tomato.

Slice 30 g gherkins in vinegar.

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.

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.

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.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	5 g RDI=9 %	13 g RDI=5 %	23 g RDI=33 %	105 kcal RDI=5 %	444 kJ RDI=5 %
Per person	17 g RDI=26 %	38 g RDI=15 %	68 g RDI=94 %	306 kcal RDI=15 %	1,283 kJ RDI=15 %
Whole recipe	102 g RDI=157 %	231 g RDI=87 %	412 g RDI=564 %	1,839 kcal RDI=92 %	7,700 kJ RDI=92 %