Caramelised prawn salad

Recipes / Salads

Create a tasty meal in less than half an hour with this Asian-inspired prawn salad with rice noodles.

Recipe «Caramelised prawn salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 100g rice stick noodles, 1 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp finely chopped palm sugar, 2 tsp peanut oil , 500g medium green prawns, peeled leaving tails intact, deveined, 1 x 100g pkt snow pea sprouts, 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced , 1 ripe tomato, cut lengthways into thin wedges, 1 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves, 2 fresh long red chillies, halved lengthways, deseeded, thinly sliced lengthways.

Ingredients:

  • 100g rice stick noodles 
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar 
  • 1 tsp fish sauce 
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped palm sugar 
  • 2 tsp peanut oil 
  • 500g medium green prawns, peeled leaving tails intact, deveined 
  • 1 x 100g pkt snow pea sprouts 
  • 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced 
  • 1 ripe tomato, cut lengthways into thin wedges 
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves 
  • 2 fresh long red chillies, halved lengthways, deseeded, thinly sliced lengthways 

Instructions

  1. Place noodles in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside for 5 minutes to soften. Drain. Rinse under cold running water. Drain well.
  2. Combine vinegar, fish sauce and half the palm sugar in a small bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves. Set aside until required.
  3. Heat half the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add half the prawns and cook, turning occasionally, for 5 minutes or until prawns curl and change colour. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Repeat with the remaining oil and prawns, reheating pan between batches.
  4. Add remaining palm sugar to the pan and cook for 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Add prawns and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until coated in sugar and caramelised. Remove from heat.
  5. Place the noodles, snow pea sprouts, onion, tomato, coriander and chilli in a bowl. Add dressing and toss to combine. Divide the salad among serving bowls. Top with prawns and serve immediately.