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BBQ prawns with Vietnamese dipping sauce

Name: BBQ prawns with Vietnamese dipping sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 600 g shell-on whole prawns, defrosted if frozen; 12 fresh lime leaves, finely shredded, see GH Tip; 1 red bird's-eye chilli, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp. freshly grated root ginger; 1 tsp. ground turmeric; 1/2 tsp. ground white pepper; 2 tbsp. vegetable oil; 2 red bird's-eye chillies, finely chopped; 1 large garlic clove, crushed; 2 tsp. freshly grated root ginger; 3 tbsp. lime juice; 4 tbsp. fish sauce; 2 tbsp. caster sugar

Barbecuing prawns accentuates their natural sweetness. If the grates on your grill are widely spaced, place a wire cooling rack on top to make sure the prawns don’t fall through the gaps.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 22 May 2019

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

5 mins

Total Time:

20 mins

Ingredients

600 g shell-on whole prawns, defrosted if frozen
12 fresh lime leaves, finely shredded, see GH Tip
1 red bird's-eye chilli, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 Tbsp. freshly grated root ginger
1 tsp. ground turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground white pepper
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

For the dipping sauce

2 red bird's-eye chillies, finely chopped
1 large garlic clove, crushed
2 tsp. freshly grated root ginger
3 Tbsp. lime juice
4 Tbsp. fish sauce
2 Tbsp. caster sugar

Directions

1. Step 1In a large bowl, mix the prawns, lime leaves, chilli, garlic, ginger, turmeric, white pepper and oil and mix gently with your hands. Set aside briefly while you make the dipping sauce.
2. Step 2To make the dipping sauce, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl with 75ml (3fl oz) water, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
3. Step 3Barbecue the prawns over high heat for 5min, turning once, until pink, lightly charred and opaque. Serve with the dipping sauce and a bowl for the discarded shells.

Get ahead Make the dipping sauce and marinate the prawns up to 1hr ahead; chill the prawns until you are ready to cook. Complete recipe to serve.

GH Tip If you can’t get hold of fresh lime leaves, use the pared zest from 2 limes instead.

No BBQ? No problem!
Cook the prawns in a large frying or griddle pan over high heat instead. Complete recipe.

Per serving:

Calories: 152
Protein: 15g
Fat: 6g
Sat fat: 0g
Carbs: 10g
Sugars: 9g
Fibre: 0g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time