Watermelon & prawn salad
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Total time: 27 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 2 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
It may sound like an unlikely combo, but watermelon and prawns work brilliantly together. Their combined sweetness offsets the hot red chilli – try it!
Ingredients
Caster Sugar
3 teaspoon(s)
Thai Fish Sauce
1 tablespoon(s)
Rice Wine Vinegar
1 tablespoon(s)
Lime Juice, Fresh
1 tablespoon(s)
Garlic
1 clove(s), crushed
Chilli, green or red
1 individual, sliced
Mange-tout
125 g
Lettuce
1 individual, cos, leaves torn
Prawns, Peeled & Cooked
1000 g
Watermelon
600 g, cut into wedges
Cucumber
1 individual, extra large, sliced
Coriander, fresh
2 tablespoon(s)
Instructions
1
Make the dressing. Put the sugar in a small heatproof bowl, add 1 tbsp boiling water and stir to dissolve. Cool. Stir in the remaining dressing ingredients, then set aside.
2
Prepare a bowl of iced water and set aside. Put the mange tout in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 2 minutes, drain, then put in the cold water for 1 minute (see tip). Drain, pat dry with kitchen paper, then slice lengthways.
3
Arrange the lettuce on plates and top with the prawns, watermelon, cucumber and mange tout. Drizzle with the dressing and top with coriander.
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