Spanish Prawns

Name: Spanish Prawns
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: ½ tsp dried origanum; ½ tsp smoked paprika; ½ tsp ground cumin; 1 clove garlic, finely chopped; 200 g fresh prawns with tails, shelled and deveined; ½ lemon for serving; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 Tbsp lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

All Sorts of Healthy Dishes

By Chantal Lascaris

Published 2017

About

WHAT A TASTY LITTLE SNACK THIS IS! THE SMOKED PAPRIKA IS SPAIN AT ITS BEST, WITH CUMIN AND ORIGANUM THE PERFECT PARTNERS. MARINATING ALLOWS THE MEAT TO SOAK UP ALL THE FLAVOURS, YIELDING SUCCULENT AND DELICIOUS PRAWNS. FEEL FREE TO COOK THEM ON AN OPEN FLAME AS THIS WILL ADD A TOUCH OF SMOKINESS TO THE FLAVOUR.

Ingredients

½ tsp smoked paprika
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
½ tsp

Europe
Spain
Snack
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

In a bowl, mix together the paprika, garlic, cumin, origanum, olive oil and lemon juice.
Add the prawns, coat well with the mixture and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Thread a few prawns onto each skewer.
Heat a griddle pan, add a touch of oil and fry the skewered prawns until cooked.
Squeeze the juice of the ½ lemon over the prawn