Prawn salad with a crunch


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.
92K 16 3.6
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Last modified on: September 15th 2013

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1 hour 41 min.10 min.1 hour 51 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 10 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
Prepare 1 cucumber.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch

Stage 3 - 20 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
Prepare 400 g tomato.

Slice 30 g gherkins in vinegar.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
Slice 50 g radishes and chop the herbs.

Stage 5 - 30 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
If not already done, cook the rice.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
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.
Prawn salad with a crunch
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.
Prawn salad with a crunch
...until golden brown.

Stage 10 - 3 min.
Prawn salad with a crunch
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.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,146 Kcal or 8,985 Kj85 gr61 gr177 gr
107 %33 %6 %27 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
124 Kcal or 519 Kj5 gr4 gr10 gr
6 %2 %<1 %2 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj14 gr10 gr29 gr
18 %5 %1 %4 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk, Crustaceans, Mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 6 people : 6.43 €
  • Per person : 1.07 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
PrawnsPrawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Quick prawn curry, Seafood sauerkraut, Paella, Vietnamese prawns, Crispy prawn rolls, ... All
TomatoTomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Four-tier glasses, Cheese and tomato tart, Ratatouille, Tomato tart, ... All
Cooked riceCooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice à la grecque, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Rice and peas, Creamy rice with spinach, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, ... All
French dressing (vinaigrette)French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cajun-style lentil salad, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Cornouaillaise salad, Comtoise endive salad, Mixed salad stack, ... All
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