BBQ chilli lime Oz prawns

This mouth-watering prawn recipe is bound to be a hit at your next BBQ. It’s quick to prepare and cook, so you’ll be able to focus on entertaining. Marinated in lime and fresh chilli.

• Ingredients
• Method
• Nutritional content

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 20 large local Aussie green prawns (1 kg)
• 2 limes, halved
• 1 cup lime juice
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 60 g unsalted butter, melted
• 2 small red chillies
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Method

1. Mix the lime juice, butter, fish sauce, chillies and sugar in a large bowl.
2. Peel and de-vein the prawns
3. Add prawns to the marinade.
4. Cook prawns for 2–3 minutes on the BBQ.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Difficulty rating: Easy
Tips

• This recipe is great with a mixed leaf salad. Salad will provide lots of extra vitamins and minerals which are important for maintaining healthy skin, eyes and sperm and maintaining good general health. Adding a salad to every meal is a great way to improve your diet.
• Take care when preparing raw prawns as they can cause food poisoning if they come into contact with raw foods like salad.
• Substitute butter for olive oil for a heart-friendly option. Olive oil has less saturated fats than butter and is therefore lower in cholesterol.

This recipe was designed by Andrew from Parafield Gardens, SA.

Nutritional content

Nutritional analysis per serve:

Energy	1467.40 kJ 350.48 cal
Protein	52.53 g
Total fat	14.15 g
Saturated fat	8.44 g
Carbohydrates	2.80 g
Total sugars	2.80 g
Fibre	0.53 g
Sodium	1563.11 mg
Cholesterol	410 mg
Potassium	853 mg
Calcium	338 mg

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