Prawn recipes
Prawns are a quick-cooking, versatile seafood so why not add them to a host of tasty recipes such as prawn stir-fries, laksa, curries, pastas, pies and risottos.
If you’ve bought yours fresh, discover how to prepare, peel and cook raw prawns. And, we’ve rounded up our favourite 18 prawn recipes if you’re short on time to search/ Seafood lovers may also like to dive in to our scallop recipes too.
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Giant seafood vol-au-vent
This giant vol-au-vent makes a spectacular centrepiece for New Year's Eve or a festive buffet. Pile it high with prawns, scallops and fish.
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Easy starters
Socca (or farinata) with prawns, chickpeas and peppers
Debora Robertson shares her easy recipe for the Provençal chickpea flatbread, socca. This popular snack is known as farinata in Italy.
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Gamberi alla busara (prawns with cherry tomato sauce)
This recipe for prawns with a spicy tomato sauce hails from Italy's Veneto region. Enjoy with crusty bread or as a sauce for pasta.
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Pasta salads
Pink and green prawn and pasta salad
Debora Robertson's verdant pasta salad is crammed with juicy pink prawns. Perfect for a laid-back summer dinner in the garden.
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Canarian salted potato and prawn skewers with mojo rojo
These barbecue prawn skewers are inspired by Canarian papas arrugadas (salt-crusted potatoes served with mojo rojo, a fiery pepper dip).
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Kerkennah-style grilled prawns
Grilled prawns are paired with kerkennaise, a spiced tomato sauce from Tunisia, in this delicious summer recipe from chef Ben Tish.
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Chinese chicken, prawn and lap cheong stuffed peppers
These Chinese stuffed peppers are packed with a bouncy, fragrant filling of chicken, prawns and nuggets of lap cheong (Cantonese sausage).
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Fried rice
Lap cheong (Chinese sausage) fried rice
Fried rice is the ultimate use-it-up dish. Frying lap cheong sausage before the rice goes in means every grain is coated in its aromatic oils.
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Prawn cocktails
Prawn cocktail platter
Create the ultimate prawn cocktail platter with proper marie rose dip made with homemade mayo, prawns and crisp lettuce leaves.
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Seafood curries
Andi Oliver’s aromatic shrimp curry
Andi Oliver's aromatic shrimp curry comes together in under an hour and serves four. The fragrant broth is packed with succulent prawns.
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Best of the best seafood stew
Rich prawn stock forms the base of this wonderful seafood stew, packed with tomatoes and fennel, and flavoured with tarragon and orange peel.
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Seafood and spinach pottage with spuds
Lerato Umah-Shaylor shares her recipe for Nigerian yam porridge or pottage. The spicy stew is packed with juicy prawns and greens.
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Fried rice
Roti fried rice
Egg fried rice is the ultimate one-pan, use-everything-up dinner. This recipe takes it up a level with the addition of torn pieces of roti.
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Tom Kerridge’s prawn cakes with dill mayonnaise
Tom Kerridge's prawn cakes are packed with capers, herbs and zingy lime. Fry until crispy then serve with the easy dill mayo for dipping.
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Prawn and green bean stew
Inspired by the two Greek dishes prawn saganaki and fasolakia, this prawn and green bean stew dish is ripe for a summer evening.
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Vietnamese prawn baked tomatoes (Chạo tôm)
Thuy Pham's baked tomatoes are a twist on Vietnamese dish, Chao Tom. Instead of grilling prawn cakes, use the mix to stuff baked tomatoes.
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