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Grilled prawn skewers with barley and almond salad

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 12 metal or soaked bamboo skewers
  • ¾ cup pearl barley
  • 24 (about 500g) peeled king prawns, tails intact
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons rice bran oil
  • 4 cups baby rocket
  • 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
  • 250g cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
  • ½ cup fresh mint, roughly chopped
  • 75g feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1 medium-sized red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon, grated zest and juice
  • lemon wedges, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Bring a medium-sized saucepan of water to the boil. Add barley and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until tender. Drain and leave to cool for 5 minutes.

    2 Thread 3 prawns onto each skewer. To make garlic oil, combine garlic with half of the oil in a small bowl. Heat a barbecue grill or set a chargrill pan over a high heat. Add prawn skewers and cook, turning once and brushing with garlic oil, for 3-4 minutes or until prawns are coloured and lightly charred.

    3 Meanwhile, combine rocket, almonds, tomatoes, mint, feta and onion in a large salad bowl. Add cooked barley with lemon zest, lemon juice and remaining rice bran oil. Toss well to combine.

    4 Serve grilled prawn skewers with barley and almond salad and extra lemon wedges.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use brown rice instead of pearl barley.

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