Sesame prawn skewers with borlotti bean and snow pea salad
Serves: 4
Time to make: 25 mins
Total cost: $29.32 / $7.33 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 12 small wooden skewers
- 500g peeled, prawns
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)
- 250g snow peas, trimmed, halved diagonally
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers, trimmed
- 1 large carrot, peeled
- 400g can borlotti or kidney beans, rinsed, drained
- 1 tablespoon reduced-salt soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon lightly toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
1 Soak skewers in cold water for 20 minutes. Place prawns, olive oil and chilli flakes (if using) in a medium bowl; toss to coat. Thread prawns onto skewers and set aside for 5 minutes.
2 Immerse snow peas in boiling water to blanch until just tender. Refresh in cold water, drain well and transfer to a large bowl.
3 Use a vegetable peeler to cut long ribbons from cucumbers and carrot, stopping at cucumber seeds. Add cucumber, carrot and beans to snow pea bowl to make salad. Whisk soy sauce, mirin and sesame oil in a small bowl; add to salad and lightly toss.
4 Preheat a grill pan or barbecue hotplate to high. Grill reserved prawn skewers for 2 minutes per side, or until lightly charred and just cooked through.
5 Sprinkle skewers with sesame seeds and serve with salad.
Variations
Make it gluten-free: Use gluten-free soy sauce.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 1030kJ
Calories 247cal
Protein 33g
Total fat 4g
–Saturated fat 1g
Carbohydrates 15g
–Sugars 6g
Dietary fibre 7g
Sodium 700mg
Calcium 230mg
Iron 4mg
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