Garlic and Chilli Prawns
It's impossible to imagine any decent tapas spread without a bowl of sizzling garlic and chilli prawns.
Ingredients
- 650 g king prawns deveined heads discarded peeled tails intact
- 60 ml olive oil
- 50 g butter unsalted, cubed room temperature
- 4 cloves garlic diced
- ¼ tsp chilli crushed
- ¼ tsp paprika
- 40 g fresh flat-leaf parsley chopped
- ½ lemon juiced
- 2 pinches sea salt
- 2 pinches black cracked pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/350°F.
- Line cast iron pots with prawns and squeeze lemon juice over.
- In a small frying pan, heat the oil and butter, and add garlic.
- While sauteing the garlic, add chilli, paprika, parsley, salt and pepper.
- Mix well and allow to simmer for a few minutes.
- Pour garlic sauce over the prawns and place lids on pots.
- Place in oven for a maximum of 15 minutes.
- Serve with crusty bread rolls.