Name: Butterflied Prawns with Sweet and Sour Papaya
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 16 raw tiger or king prawns; coarse sea salt and pepper; peeled melted butter, for brushing; 50 g (2 oz) fresh red chillies, deseeded and roughly chopped; juice of 1 lime; 1 clove of garlic, finely crushed; 3 tablespoons clear honey; 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce; 1-2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 2 ripe papayas

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes

Published 2005

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Ingredients

16 raw tiger or king prawns
peeled melted butter, for brushing
coarse sea salt and pepper
2

Method

Using a sharp knife, make a deep incision along the back of the prawns, cutting virtually halfway through the meat to create a natural butterfly shape.
Butter a baking tray, then lay the prawns on their sides on top. Brush each with butter and sprinkle with a little sea salt and pepper.
Halve the papayas and cut each half into six wedges, peeling away t

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