Simple Sautéed Spot Prawns

Simple Sautéed Spot Prawns

Two things:

  1. This recipe will take longer to read than it will to cook.
  2. If you're a first time spot prawn consumer, we'd highly recommend staring here! 

We'd love to tell you we worked tirelessly to craft this recipe... But in reality, after a long evening of plucking over 3,000 shrimp heads, we were just hankering for some delicious prawns. So we popped the cast iron on the diesel stove, added some butter and garlic, and sautéed the prawns until they were just barely cooked through. 

 

Simple perfection! 

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Simple Sautéed Spot Prawns

Servings

1-3

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

4 minutes

Category

Spot Prawns

Simple Sautéed Spot Prawns

Ingredients

  • 1 lb spot prawns; thawed, with shells left on

  • 4 heaping tablespoons of butter 

  • 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 

  • Pinch of sea salt
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Directions

  1. Preheat a large cast iron (or other heavy bottomed skillet) over medium heat.

  2. Add butter and garlic. We want the skillet hot enough that the butter browns and garlic sizzles, but not so hot that either scorches. Briefly remove from heat if the temperature is running away from you.

  3. Once butter has browned, add the shrimp to the skillet in an even, single layer. It is better to cook in batches than to overcrowd the skillet.

  4. Cook for 3-4 minutes, regularly rotating the shrimp. The shrimp towards the center of the skillet will likely cook faster than those on the outer edges; so be sure to rotate their positioning as well.

  5. Small shrimp may cook as fast as 1 minute, while larger ones will take closer to 4 minutes.

  6. Remove from heat, finish with a sprinkle of flaky salt, and enjoy!