Tasty BBQ Prawns
These BBQ prawns are so delicious – the smoked paprika marinade makes them really moreish. Make sure your BBQ is nice and hot before you start grilling so you get a beautiful char on the prawns.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 3 mins
Marinade Time 30 mins
Course Lunch, Snacks and Sides
Servings 4
Calories 199 kcal
Diabetic, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly
Marinade
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce GF if required
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ¾ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¾ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ lemon juiced
- 1 ½ tablespoons honey melted
- 1 tablespoon oil
Prawns
- 2 dozen large raw prawns shelled
- 8 bamboo skewers soaked in water
To serve
- natural unsweetened yoghurt ½ cup
- 1 handful coriander/cilantro chopped
Mix all marinade ingredients together and combine with prawns. Leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight if you have the time.
When ready to cook, Preheat BBQ to medium high heat. Lift prawns out of marinade (reserving any leftover marinade) and thread 3 prawns (or 6 smaller prawns) on to each bamboo skewer.
Season prawns with salt and cook on BBQ until just cooked through, about 2-3 minutes, turning once.
Heat remaining marinade in a small pot on the stove top, or in the microwave. Then mix with yoghurt and coriander.
Serve prawn skewers with yoghurt sauce to dip. Alternatively remove prawns from skewers and toss with mango, avocado, cherry tomatoes and the yoghurt sauce.
BBQ prawns a great entree served on skewers and dipped into the tangy yoghurt sauce, or you can even BBQ the prawns then toss through a salad of mango, avocado and cherry tomatoes with the yoghurt sauce as a dressing and a jacket potato or bread on the side to make a balanced, decent sized meal.
If using smaller prawns, double the quantity to four dozen. Use a hot pan on the stove top if you don’t have a BBQ.