Prawns with Mango Salsa

Recipe by Luke Mangan from Chefs Christmas 2009

This dish is served with cooked prawns, however the mango salsa would be just as lovely with cold prawns.

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• 11 Ingredients
• Serves 4

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Ingredients

Method

• 16 fresh king prawns, peeled and de-veined
• 2 handfuls rocket

Mango Salsa

• 2 mangoes (peeled, pip removed and diced)
• 2 small red chillies (de-seeded and finely chopped)
• 1 small red onion (peeled and finely chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
• 15g (1 Tbsp) finely grated ginger (chopped)
• 30ml white wine vinegar
• 30ml olive oil
• Cracked black pepper and sea salt
• 30g (2 Tbsp) chopped coriander (chopped)

• Make a salsa by combining the fresh mango, chillies, onion, garlic, ginger, a dash of white wine vinegar and olive oil and the coriander (note: you may need to add pinch of sugar). Set aside and allow the flavours to combine.

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  Heat a frying pan over a medium to high heat. Add a little olive oil.

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  Add the prawns and cook quickly over high heat. Remove from frying pan as soon as they are cooked (they will continue to cook once removed from the heat.

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  Serve the prawns with a scoop of salsa and some rocket to garnish.