This Spicy Prawn Cocktail Salad recipe is fresh, zingy, with just the right amount of spice. Best of all, it's super quick and easy, and delicious too!
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 5 minutesmins
Total Time 20 minutesmins
Serves 4
Ingredients
for the dressing:
125mlmayonnaise
2Tbsptomato ketchup
1-2Tbspsriracha chilli sauce
20mllemon juice
for the salad:
500glarge raw prawn tailsshelled and deveined
1tray ice-cubesto cool the prawns
2salad heartslittle gem, butter, romaine
1large cucumber
handful of snow peas
½punnet alfalfa sprouts
salt & pepper
to serve:
lemon and lime wedges
some crunchy white bread
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Instructions
Whisk all dressing ingredients together, adjusting the amount of Sriracha to taste. Pour into a serving bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add 1 tsp of salt and a squeeze of lemon or lime. Remove from the heat, tip in all of the prawns, then cover tightly with a lid. Allow to stand for 4-5 minutes until the prawns are opaque and pink, and curled into a tight ‘C’ shape.
Meanwhile prepare a bowl of cold water with the ice cubes. When the prawn are cooked, use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the bowl of cold water. Allow to cool for a few minutes before draining - you can now finish peeling them if necessary - I like to leave a couple intact for the look, but I remove most of the skin.
Wash the lettuce and separate the leaves, tearing any overly large ones into pieces. Pile onto a platter or individual plates if using. Use a vegetable peeler to peel long ribbons of cucumber, chopping the central core into cubes, and add to the platter. Slice the snow peas very finely, snip the sprouts and scatter both over the salad.
Arrange the prawns on top, season with salt and pepper then drizzle over a little of the dressing. Serve with extra dressing on the side (I find everyone likes a different amount) and a few wedges of lemon and lime.