Prawn Skewers with Chili Oil, Crispy Garlic & Finger Lime

Prawn Skewers with Chili Oil, Crispy Garlic & Finger Lime

Recipe by Colin Barclay

Ingredients

• 10 medium uncooked prawns, heads and tails removed

• 3 finger limes

• 5 lime leaves, shredded

Chili oil

• 1 cup Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 100 g dried red chili, chopped

• 2 eschalots, peeled and halved

• 3 garlic cloves, halved

• 3 tsp smoked paprika

Crispy garlic

• ¼ cup Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

Method

• Using scissors, split the prawn from the tail up the belly to the top of the head, being careful not to burst any of the head juices.

  Then use a sharp knife to cut through the tail meat and split it apart, making sure not to split the shell on the back.

  Chili oil

  Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over low heat. Add the dried red chili, eschalots, garlic cloves, and smoked paprika. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let it cool. Strain the oil and discard the solids.

  Crispy garlic

  Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add the thinly sliced garlic cloves and cook until golden and crispy. Remove from heat and transfer to a paper towel to drain excess oil.

  Thread the prawns onto skewers. Grill or cook on a barbecue for about 2-3 minutes on each side until the prawns are cooked through and slightly charred.

  To serve, squeeze the juice from the finger limes over the cooked prawns. Sprinkle with shredded lime leaves, crispy garlic, and drizzle with chili oil.

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Kingfish Tostada with Burnt Orange

Kingfish Tostada with Burnt Orange

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Gluten-free
Serves – makes 8

Ingredients

• ½ orange

  180 g sashimi-grade kingfish

  1 eschalot, peeled, finely diced

  1 long red chili, half sliced, half seeded and diced

  Sea salt

  2 limes

  1 ripe avocado

  1 heaped tbs sour cream

  8 small Coles corn tortillas

  Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil to fry

  ½ green apple

  1/3 cup coriander, sprigs picked

Method

• Heat a BBQ or grill pan over medium-high heat. Place the orange flesh side down onto the grill and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until charred and fragrant. Set aside to cool.

  Cut the fish into a 5mm x 5mm dice and place it into a non-reactive bowl with the eschalot, finely diced chili, a pinch of salt, and 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Toss to combine, then set aside in the refrigerator.

  Heat 1cm of oil in a frying pan to 180 degrees Celsius. Cook the tortillas for 2 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Set aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain.

  Place the avocado flesh in the jug of a stick blender with the sour cream, a pinch of sea salt, and the juice of ½ lime. Blitz until smooth and creamy. Squeeze the juice of ½ lime and burnt orange into the kingfish and toss to dress. Cut the apple into fine matchsticks and drizzle them with a little lime to prevent browning.

  To serve, spread the avocado mixture onto the base of the tortillas. Top with a tablespoon-sized amount of the kingfish. Add the apple on top, then scatter with sliced chili and coriander sprigs. Serve with extra lime wedges on the side.

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Barramundi in Banana Leaf

Barramundi in Banana Leaf

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Serves - 4
Prep Time - 10-15 minutes
Cook Time - 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 barramundi fillets, skin removed

Marinade

• 1 tbsp toasted mustard seeds

• 1 tsp toasted cumin seeds

• 1 tbsp fennel seeds

• 4 garlic cloves, grated

• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, grated

• ¼ cup desiccated coconut

• 2 green chillies

• 2 sprigs of curry leaves

• 2 tbsp coconut oil

• Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

Garnish

• ½ bunch of coriander

• 1 red chilli

• 1 green chilli

• Serve with rice

• 4 large banana leaves, softened by moving over a hot flame

Method

• In a mortar and pestle, grind the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and fennel seeds into a fine powder.

  Add the grated garlic and ginger to the mortar and pestle and pound into a paste. Add the chillies and curry leaves and continue to pound until a smooth paste forms. Stir in the desiccated coconut and coconut oil.

  Coat the barramundi fillets with the marinade mixture.

  Prepare the banana leaves by softening them over a hot flame. Cut the leaves into double the size of the fish fillets, ensuring they can be wrapped completely.

  Place each fish fillet in the center of a banana leaf and fold the sides and other ends to form a parcel, sealing everything inside. Place the folded side down to keep it sealed.

  Heat a grill or BBQ to medium-high heat. Brush the banana leaf parcels with olive oil and cook them for about 6 minutes on each side or until the fish is cooked through.

  Garnish with chopped coriander, sliced red chilli, and sliced green chilli. Serve with rice.

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Coconut Curry White Fish

Coconut Curry White Fish

Recipe by Nornie Bero

Ingredients

• 1-1.5kg white fish (baby snapper whole)

  1 Banana leaf

  2 shallots onions

  2 spring onions

  2 garlic cloves minced

  2 tbs ginger minced.

  1 lemongrass

  1 tbs lemon myrtle

  1 tps pepperberries

  1 tsp curry powder

  1 bay leaf

  1 tbs sea salt

  ½ cup samphire

  1 whole lemon

  500 g coconut cream

  ½ cup fish stock

Method

• Cut slices into the flesh on an angle on one side of the snapper; season with sea salt and pepperberries, and drizzle with olive oil.

  Stuff fish cavity with 1 shallot, bay leaf, ½ lemongrass, ½ ginger, and 1 spring onion.

  Wrap in a banana leaf and bake for 30 minutes.

  In a medium pot, fry off shallots, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, pepperberries, lemon myrtle, and curry powder for 5 minutes. Add coconut cream, fish stock, bay leaves, and samphire, and cook for 20 minutes; season with sea salt.

  When the fish is cooked, open banana leaves, pour over curry sauce onto the fish, and bake for a further 10 minutes. Serve with a bowl of rice.

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Stanley’s Wonton Soup

Stanley’s Wonton Soup

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

Wontons

• 250 g pork mince

  250 g chopped prawn meat

  2 tbsp Coles soy sauce

  2 tbsp garlic chives, thinly sliced

  1 tsp Coles rice wine vinegar

  1 tsp corn starch

  1 small knob of grated ginger

  1 garlic clove

  1 tsp Coles sesame oil

  1 pack square wonton wrappers

Soup

• 1 L chicken broth

  1 large knob of peeled ginger, sliced

  ¼ cup Coles soy sauce

  2 garlic cloves, smashed

  1 tbsp Coles sesame oil

Garnish

• ½ bunch of sliced green shallot

Method

• In a large bowl, mix pork, prawn, soy sauce, chives, vinegar, corn starch, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil until fully incorporated.

  Using your finger, wet the edges of the wonton wrapper with water. Place half a tablespoon of pork filling in the center of the wonton wrapper. Fold the wonton in half diagonally to create a triangle and seal the edges. Fold the two identical corners in on each other and press again to seal. Repeat until all wonton wrappers are filled.

  Bring all soup ingredients to a boil. Simmer on low for 10 minutes. Lower the wontons into the soup and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Test the seasoning, then serve into bowls and garnish with green onions.

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Turmeric Lime Prawns

Turmeric Lime Prawns

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 500 g peeled and deveined banana prawns

  2 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  3 tbsp butter

  ¼ cup minced eschalots

  4 garlic cloves, minced

  1 tbsp Coles ground turmeric

  2 tbsp fish sauce

  Zest and juice of 1 lime

  3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander

Method

• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Cook the prawns for 2 minutes, tossing and stirring constantly, until just cooked through. Reduce the heat to medium and transfer the prawns to a plate.

  Add the butter, eschalots, and garlic to the pan; cook for 2-3 minutes, until aromatic. Stir in the turmeric and fish sauce.

  Add the prawns back to the pan, along with the lime zest and juice, and fresh coriander. Toss the prawns in the sauce until well-coated.

  Serve the turmeric lime prawns with steamed rice or even some fresh grilled bread.

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Curry Butter King Prawns

Curry Butter King Prawns

Ingredients
Cafe de Bombay

• 500g unsalted butter

• 20g curry powder

• 10g garlic paste

• 10g ginger paste

• 100ml lime juice - fresh squeeze

• Salt

King Prawns

• 3 x U6 king prawns

Garnish

• Curry leaf

• Chives

• Micro coriander

• Lime

Method

• Sauté of in a little oil , ginger garlic and curry powder until aromatic. Add butter and melt. Cook out for 5-10 minutes.

• Transfer to a bowl with ice underneath and whip until it starts to thicken.

• Add lime juice and salt to taste. Finely chop chives and add to the butter once melted, before serving.

• Using scissors , split the prawn from the tail up the belly to the top of the head. , be careful not to burst any of the head juices.

• Then use a sharp knife to cut through the tail meat and split apart making sure no to split the shell on the back.

• Use your thumbs to release the muscle from the shell and carefully flatten out the prawn.

• Heat oil to 180°c and fry curry leaf , make sure not to discolour. Drain and leave on a paper towel. Cut lime and coriander, then serve.

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Grilled Fish Tacos with Jazz Apple Slaw

Grilled Fish Tacos with Jazz Apple Slaw

Recipe By Michael Weldon

Ingredients

• 4 pieces flathead (or similar white fish)

• 1 tsp cumin

• 1 tsp coriander powder

• 1 tsp smoked paprika

• pinch of salt

• 2 apples, sliced thinly

• ¼ Chinese cabbage, sliced thinly

• 2 spring onions, sliced thinly

• 2 tbsp mayo

• 1 tsp hot sauce

• 8 small tortillas

• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

• extra mayo

• extra hot sauce

Method

• Heat a bbq until smoking.

• Mix together the cumin, coriander, smoked paprika and salt. Sprinkle over the fish to coat.

• Pour some oil onto the bbq and add the fish. Cook until the rub is slightly blackened, and the fish is cooked through.

• In a bowl mix together the apple, cabbage, spring onion, mayo and hot sauce with a pinch of salt. Mix until combined and the ingredients are dressed.

• Warm the tortillas by toasting on the bbq until lightly charred.

• Serve the tortillas topped with slaw. Flake over the fish and then add extra mayo and hot sauce. Finish with a wedge of lime on the side.

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Confit Salmon With Broccolini

Confit Salmon With Broccolini

Recipe By Michael Weldon

Ingredients

• 4 pieces of salmon, skin off

• 1 ltr Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 4 garlic cloves, bashed

• 2 bay leaves

• 2 rosemary sprigs

• 1 bunch broccolini

• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

• sea salt

• black pepper

Method

• Pour the oil in the pan and add garlic, bay and rosemary.

• Place the salmon into a pan so that it is covered by the oil and cook on low heat so that it is simmering for 15 minutes. You can test it with a skewer, if it goes through the fish without resistance it's cooked.

• Using a fry-pan and a little oil, lightly fry the broccolini for 2 minutes until it has just softened but still has crunch. Season with salt and lots of black pepper. 

• Remove the fish from the oil and drain.

• Serve the salmon on top of the broccolini with a pinch of salt and a wedge of lemon.

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Spanner Crab Congee

Spanner Crab Congee

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 250 g raw jasmine rice

• 25 g ginger (fine brunoise)

• 25 g garlic (fine brunoise)

• 100 g eschalot (fine brunoise)

• 100 ml canola oil

• 1 l chicken stock (broth)

• 50 ml fish sauce

• ½ tsp white pepper

• 200 g picked spanner crab meat

• 10 g cut green shallots

Method

• Heat oil in a medium saucepan and gently sauté off ginger, garlic & shallot till golden.

• Add rice and cook till the pot starts to dry up, then add ½ a cup of stock.

• Repeat this method just like cooking a risotto.

• Once the rice is cooked and the consistency is still very runny, season with the fish sauce and white pepper.

• Add the crab meat and stir just to cook, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

• Serve immediately and garnish with cut green shallot and a sprinkle of deep fried eschalots.

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Ginger Prawn Dumpling Lemongrass & Coconut Soup

Ginger Prawn Dumpling Lemongrass & Coconut Soup

Recipe By Courtney Roulston

Ingredients

• 8 Mr Chen’s ginger prawn grandma nainai’s dumplings

• 1 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 1 shallot, peeled, sliced

• 1 tbsp ginger, peeled, finely chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

• 1 lemongrass stem, trimmed, finely grated

• 4 lime leaves, 2 roughly torn + 2 finely sliced to garnish

• 1 long red chilli, ½ finely chopped, ½ slice to garnish 

• 700 ml Coles real chicken stock

• 1 tbsp fish sauce

• 2 tsp honey or sugar 

• 12 snow peas, trimmed

• 180 ml Mr Chen’s canned coconut cream

• 1 cup Mr Chen’s egg noodles, refreshed in hot water, drained

• 1 lime, halved

• ½ cup coriander sprigs to garnish

• 1 tbsp chilli oil (optional)

Method

• Heat the oil in a heavy based pot over a medium heat. Add in the shallots, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, torn lime leaves and chopped chilli. Cook, stirring for 2 - 3 minutes, or until fragrant and softened.

• Pour in the stock and bring up to a gentle simmer. Add in the dumplings and allow to poach for 5 minutes, or until cooked through and tender.

• Add in the fish sauce, honey, snow peas and 150 ml of the coconut cream.

• Allow the broth to sit for 2 minutes to gently cook the snow peas. Squeeze in half the lime and taste for balance of sweet, salty, sour and hot.

• Place the refreshed noodles into the base of 2 serving bowls. Ladle the soup and dumplings on top of the noodles then garnish with remaining coconut cream, coriander sprigs, kaffir lime leaves, fresh chilli and chilli oil if using. Serve warm.

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Salt & Vinegar Crumbed Prawns with Chip Shop Mayo

Salt & Vinegar Crumbed Prawns with Chip Shop Mayo

Recipe By Michael Weldon

Ingredients

• 16 xl Coles deli prawn tails, butterflied with tail piece left on

• 2 cups Coles Australian wheat panko breadcrumbs

• 1 cup crushed salt and vinegar potato chips

• 1 cup plain flour

• 4 free range eggs

Chip Shop Mayo

• 1 cup Australian whole egg mayo

• 1 tbsp malt vinegar

• 1 pickled onion, diced finely

• oil for frying

Method

• Set up a crumbing station, first bowl with flour, second bowl with whisked eggs, third bowl with the breadcrumb and potato chip mix.

• Crumb the prawn tails, start with a dusting of flour, then coat in egg and then coat in the breadcrumb chip mix. Repeat this process until all the prawns are crumbed.

• In a bowl mix together the chip shop mayo ingredients.

• Heat the oil to 180 degrees (C). Fry the tails in batches until golden and crispy on the outside and cooked through on the inside. Season with salt straight away.

• Serve the crumb prawns with the mayo.

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Chilli Crab Spaghetti with Lime Leaf

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 500 g spaghetti

• 60 ml Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 2 cloves sliced garlic

• 500 g spanner crab meat

• 2 lime leaves, finely sliced

• 2 birds eye chilies, finely sliced

• pinch of salt

Method

• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and begin to cook your spaghetti as per packet instructions, stirring occasionally.

• In a medium non-stick fry pan, add the olive oil and warm gently on medium heat, add sliced garlic and stir with a wooden spoon to separate and make sure it does not burn in one spot.

• When the garlic is starting to brown, add your crab meat and stir constantly to ensure it is cooking evenly in the olive oil. Sprinkle in your sliced lime leaf, chilli, and season with salt to taste. Continue to cook until the crab has just turned white then take off the heat.

• Strain your spaghetti and return to the pot, quickly pour the entire frypan of cooked crab & olive oil into the pot and stir until all the spaghetti is covered with the aromatic olive oil and cooked crab.

• Serve immediately and enjoy with family and friends!

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Raw Snapper With Red Chilli Nahm Jim

Raw Snapper With Red Chilli Nahm Jim

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 200 g piece snapper fillet, skin off, pin-boned

• ½ cup picked coriander leaves

• 20 g salmon roe 

Red Chilli Nahm Jim

• 3 long red chillies, seeded

• 1 small red chilli

• 2 cloves garlic, peeled

• 2 coriander roots, scraped and washed

• ⅓ cup shaved palm sugar

• ⅓ cup fish sauce

• ¾ cup lime juice

Method

To Make Red Chilli Nahm Jim:

• Pound chillies, garlic and coriander roots to a paste using a mortar and pestle. Pound in palm sugar, then stir in fish sauce and lime juice. Taste - it should be sweet, sour, and salty.

• Add a little more sugar, fish sauce or lime juice if needed. Set aside.

To Make the Snapper:

• Trim any remaining skin and bloodline from the snapper with a sharp filleting knife.

• Cut the fish against the grain into 5 mm sashimi slices and arrange on a serving plate overlapping in a straight line. Cover and refrigerate until just before serving.

To Serve:

• Cover the snapper liberally with Nahm Jim (you may not need it all).  

• Arrange salmon roe equally over the fish, scatter with coriander leaves.

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Sour Orange Curry Of Mussels

Sour Orange Curry Of Mussels

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

Curry Paste

• 1 cup red shallots

• ⅓ cup garlic

• ½ cup dried shrimp

• 1 cup dried red chillies, seeded

• ¾ cup tamarind pulp

Curry

• 1 ltr Coles real chicken stock

• ⅓ cup curry paste (*refer to recipe below)

• 4 lime leaves

• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised

• 100 ml fish sauce

• ⅓ cup castor sugar

• ⅓ cup tamarind pulp

• 4 snake beans

• 6 cobs baby corn

• 1 tomato

• 12 betel leaves, 6 whole and 6 shredded

• 1 kg black mussels

• 2 long red chillies, seeded, very finely sliced

• ½ cup coriander leaves

Method

For the Curry Paste

• Soak chillies and shrimp separately in warm water for 20 minutes then drain.

• Place garlic, shallot and shrimp in a food processor and blend to a smooth paste.

• With the motor running, add the chillies and tamarind and blend until it becomes smooth.

For the Curry

• Bring stock to the boil, add paste and simmer for 3 minutes.

• Add lime leaves, ½ the lemongrass, fish sauce, sugar, and tamarind, it should taste sour, salty and sweet.

• Simmer for a further 2 minutes, then add snake beans, corn, tomato and the 6 whole betel leaves slightly torn.

• Simmer for a further 2 minutes, taste and add more fish sauce, sugar or tamarind if necessary.

• Add cleaned mussels and simmer for another minute or so, to just warm through.

• Spoon into a serving bowl, garnish with shredded betel leaf, chilli, coriander and serve with steamed rice.

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King Prawn Pad Thai

King Prawn Pad Thai

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp palm sugar

• 3 tbsp water

• 4 tbsp tamarind pulp 

• 3 tbsp fish sauce

• 4 tbsp oil

• 150 g dry rice noodles (soak in water for 1 hour or overnight in the refrigerator)  

• 2 free range eggs

• 8 medium sized peeled Coles deli king prawns (tail on) 

• 2 tbsp dried shrimp

• 3 cloves garlic, chopped

• ¼ cup sliced onion

• 100 g Coles firm tofu, cut into small pieces

• 3 tbsp chopped pickled radish

• l ½ cup garlic chives, cut into 3 cm lengths

Garnish

• 1 cup bean sprouts

• ¼ cup roasted peanuts, roughly chopped

• 1 lime

• 1 tsp dried chili powder/flakes

Method

• Add palm sugar to a small pot and melt over medium heat then add water, fish sauce and tamarind pulp. Bring sauce to a simmer, then turn off heat, stir well and set aside.

• Drain the noodles then heat a wok or a large nonstick frypan over medium heat and add just enough oil to coat the bottom. Gently cook off the prawns for 1 minute, remove them from the pan and reserve for later.

• In the same wok over medium heat, add the rest of the oil and cook off the eggs, quickly stir and toss so it breaks up and does not stick, as soon as the egg is cooked add garlic, shallots, radish and dried shrimp. Cook for 1 minute until the garlic starts to turn golden.

• Turn the heat up high then add noodles and stir fry for a further minute, tossing and stirring to coat the noodles, then add your pad Thai sauce.

• Keep tossing until all the sauce is absorbed around 2 minutes more.

• Once the noodles are soft, toss the cooked king prawns and garlic chives through the pad Thai still combined.

• Serve immediately onto a plate and garnish with lime wedge, peanuts on bean sprouts chilli chilli.

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Grilled Harvey Bay Scallops With Soy, Ginger & Shallot

Grilled Harvey Bay Scallops With Soy, Ginger & Shallot

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• 6 half shell Hervey Bay scallops, in shell

• 4 green shallots, finely sliced

• 1 knob ginger, finely sliced

• ½ bunch of picked coriander leaves

Soy Dressing

• 10 ml rice wine vinegar

• 150 g Coles Asia light soy sauce

• 20 g sugar

• 100 ml water

Method

• In a small saucepan, heat the soy dressing ingredients till just warm and set aside. 

• Gently oil the scallops inside the half shell and set aside ready to cook, heat the soy dressing ready to dress the scallops.

• Heat a barbecue to a medium consistent heat or you can use a grill pan as the shell acts as the heating element for the delicate scallop meat inside.

• Grill just for around 1 - 2 minutes till the oil starts to splatter and spit from the heat and the scallop starts to turn opaque, quickly take the scallop off the grill. Flip the scallop to continue to cook on the other side and arrange on a serving plate.

• Scatter the green shallots, ginger and coriander over the scallops and then dress generously with some of the warm soy dressing and serve immediately.

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BBQ Squid With Spicy Cucumber & Coriander

BBQ Squid With Spicy Cucumber & Coriander

Recipe By Courtney Roulston

Ingredients

• 700 g fresh Coles deli Australian squid with tentacles, cleaned, scored and cut into quarters

• 2 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• sea salt and pepper to taste

• 2 Lebanese cucumbers, finely sliced into rounds with a mandolin

• 8 red radishes, sliced into thin rounds with a mandolin

• 1 eschalot, sliced into thin rings

• ½ cup coriander sprigs, stems & roots reserved for dressing

Dressing

• 2 long red chillies, seeded, roughly chopped

• ½ small clove garlic

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 1.5 tbsp Coles Australian honey

• 4 tbsp lime juice

Method

• To make the dressing, place the chillies, garlic and coriander stems into a mortar and pestle and pound into a rough paste. Add in the fish sauce, honey and lime juice then mix until combined. Taste for balance then set aside.

• Heat a BBQ grill on high. Toss the squid with oil and season with sea salt and pepper. Grill the squid for 1 - 2 minutes on each side, or until just cooked. Remove from the grill and slice into smaller strips. Allow to cool slightly for a few minutes.

• In a bowl toss the cucumber, radish, shallot, squid and a few tablespoons of dressing.

• Place the salad into a serving dish and garnish with coriander sprigs.

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Tom Yum of King Prawns

Tom Yum of King Prawns

Recipe By Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 4 cups Coles real vegetable stock

• 4 tbsp tom yum paste

• 2 stalks Coles lemongrass, lightly pounded and sliced diagonally

• 3 lime leaves

• 1 knob of galangal, peeled and sliced

• 3 tbsp fish sauce

• 10 medium peeled Coles deli king prawn, tail on

• 3 tbsp lime juice

• ½ cup Coles enoki mushrooms

• ½ cup picked coriander

Method

• Bring stock to a boil and add tom yum paste, stirring constantly until dissolved.

• While stock is still boiling, add lemongrass, galangal, fresh chilli and lime leaves. Turn to a simmer and season with fish sauce.

• Add prawns and continue to simmer for 2 or 3 minutes until just cooked, then add the lime juice and mushrooms, serve immediately and garnished with coriander.

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Crispy Prawn Cocktail Bao Buns

Crispy Prawn Cocktail Bao Buns

Recipe By Courtney Roulston

Ingredients

• 12 large Coles deli Australian raw/green king prawns, peeled, cleaned

• ½ cup plain flour

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs

• oil for frying

• sea salt

• pepper to taste

• 1 cup iceberg lettuce, shredded

• 3 red radish, sliced into thin rounds

• ½ large avocado, sliced into 4 wedges

• 4 Mr Chen’s bao buns

• ½ cup kewpie mayonnaise

• 1 tbsp tomato sauce

• 2 tsp lemon juice

• hot sauce, sauce to taste

• ¼ cup chives, to garnish

Method

• Place a lined steamer basket over a wok of simmering water to warm up. Heat 2 cm oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat.

• Place the flour, eggs and panko crumbs into 3 separate bowls and season with salt. Dust the prawns in flour then place into the egg and into the panko crumbs to get a good coating on them. Repeat with all the prawns and place onto a tray.

• Place the bao buns into the steamer as per instructions on the packet or until light and fluffy.

• Fry the prawns in the oil for 2 minutes, or until golden and crispy. Remove from the oil and drain on kitchen paper. Season the prawns with a pinch of salt while hot.

• Mix the mayonnaise, tomato sauce, lemon juice and hot sauce in a small bowl.

• Place the steamed buns onto a serving platter and add in a handful of the lettuce, avocado and a few rounds of radish. Place the crispy prawns on top then drizzle with the mayonnaise dressing and garnish with cracked pepper and chives before serving.

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