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Prawn skewers with peanut dipping sauce
Photo: Dana DeVolk

Prawn skewers with peanut dipping sauce

10 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Prawn skewers with peanut dipping sauce

Prawns are the obvious Aussie barbie cliché - with good reason, chargrilling brings out their naturally earthy flavours

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

483
Calories
33g
Protein
29g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg large, raw prawns , with shell on (about 30)
  • oil
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • a large pinch of turmeric
  • palm sugar or soft light brown sugar 100g
  • 2 fresh or dried, small red chillies , finely sliced
  • 4 kaffir lime leaves , finely shredded (optional) or zest of 1 lime
  • 5 tbsp roasted, unsalted peanuts , finely chopped
  • ¼ of a cucumber , seeded and finely chopped

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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