21/09/2026
🍤 Grilled Garlic Butter Prawns with Quinoa Salad
🧾 INGREDIENTS
🍤 For Garlic Butter Prawns
* 🍤 Prawns — 8–10 pcs, cleaned & deveined
* 🧈 Butter — 30 g
* 🧄 Garlic — 15 g, finely chopped
* 🍋 Lemon juice — 10 ml
* 🌿 Fresh parsley — 1 tbsp, chopped
* 🌶️ Chilli flakes — ½ tsp
* 🧂 Salt — to taste
* ⚫ Black pepper — ½ tsp
* 🫒 Olive oil — 1 tsp
* 🌿 Mixed herbs — ½ tsp
🥗 For Quinoa Salad
* 🌾 Quinoa — 100 g
* 💧 Water/vegetable stock — 200 ml
* 🥑 Avocado — ½ pc, diced
* 🫑 Bell pepper — 50 g, diced
* 🍅 Tomato — 50 g, diced
* 🌽 Sweet corn — 30 g
* 🥒 Cucumber — 50 g, diced
* 🌿 Coriander/parsley — 1 tbsp
* 🍋 Lemon juice — 10 ml
* 🫒 Olive oil — 1 tbsp
* 🧂 Salt — to taste
* ⚫ Black pepper — ¼ tsp
🥣 For Creamy Garlic Sauce
* 🥛 Mayonnaise — 50 g
* 🧄 Garlic — 5 g
* 🍋 Lemon juice — 5 ml
* 🌶️ Chilli sauce — 1 tsp
* 🧂 Salt — a pinch
* ⚫ Black pepper — a pinch
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👨🍳 COOKING METHOD
1️⃣ Prepare the Quinoa
Rinse the quinoa thoroughly and cook it with water or vegetable stock using a 1:2 quinoa-to-liquid ratio. Simmer covered until the liquid is absorbed, then rest for 5 minutes and fluff with a fork.
2️⃣ Make the Salad
Mix cooled quinoa with avocado, bell pepper, tomato, cucumber and sweet corn. Add olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and fresh herbs. Mix gently so the vegetables retain their shape.
3️⃣ Marinate the Prawns
Combine prawns with garlic, lemon juice, black pepper, chilli flakes, mixed herbs and a little olive oil. Marinate for 10–15 minutes.
4️⃣ Grill the Prawns
Heat a grill pan until properly hot. Add butter and place the prawns in a single layer. Grill for approximately 2–3 minutes per side, depending on size, until opaque and nicely charred.
Add a little chopped garlic and parsley toward the end and baste the prawns with the garlic butter.
Chef Tip: Avoid overcooking prawns—the moment they become opaque and firm, remove them from the heat.
5️⃣ Prepare the Sauce
Mix mayonnaise, garlic, lemon juice, chilli sauce, salt and black pepper until smooth and creamy.
6️⃣ Plating
Use a round mould to create a neat quinoa salad tower in the centre of the plate. Arrange the grilled prawns elegantly on top, add the creamy sauce with a controlled spoon swipe, then finish with herb-oil dots, microgreens and grilled lemon.
🔥 CHEF’S PLATING FORMULA
Height + Colour + Texture + Negative Space = Professional Plating
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