Name: Prawns Down Under
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons coriander root, finely chopped (optional); coriander leaves or parsley, to garnish; 2 tablespoons black bean sauce; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 red chilli pepper, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 bunch of spring onions, trimmed and sliced; 450g/1lb raw (green) prawns; 1cm/½in piece of fresh root ginger, finely chopped; 1 large carrot, cut into matchsticks; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Best of Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1995

About

One day I was nonchalantly leaning over the stern rail of an elegant yacht, peering at the Great Barrier Reef in eastern Australia. I decided to put on a snorkel and flippers and jump in to explore the reef more closely. I am not a strong swimmer and had never snorkelled before and I very nearly drowned – which many of you may have been very pleased to hear! Choking, trembling and terrified, I was eventually hoisted back on to the yacht and after a steadying draught of Dr Johnny Wal