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Prawn tacos with charred corn, cabbage and avocado

These tasty dairy-free prawn tacos take just 15 minutes to make, are packed with protein and fibre and provide four of your daily vegetable serves in one zingy hit.

  • Hands-on time: 5 mins
  • Time to make: 15 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 400g raw peeled prawns, deveined
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons dried chilli flakes
  • 420g can no-added-salt corn kernels, rinsed, drained
  • 150g red cabbage, shredded
  • 2 large carrots, shredded
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • 4 red radishes, scrubbed, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil (or olive oil)
  • juice of 1 lime plus lime wedges to serve
  • 1 medium ripe avocado
  • 4 wholegrain flour tortillas, heated
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Combine the prawns, garlic and half of the chilli in a bowl. Spray a large non-stick frying pan with olive oil and set over medium-high heat. Cook prawns, in batches, for 2 minutes each side, or until changed in colour. Transfer prawns to a plate.

    2 Add the corn to pan and cook for 3 minutes, or until browned. Remove from heat. Combine the charred corn, cabbage, carrot, spring onions, radish, oil and half of the lime juice in a large bowl. Season with cracked black pepper.

    3 Mash the avocado in a small bowl. Add the remaining lime juice and season to taste.

    4 Spread tortillas with mashed avocado. Top with the cabbage salad, the coriander leaves and prawns. Sprinkle with remaining chilli. Serve the prawn tacos with lime wedges.

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