Prawn aguachile salad

Name: Prawn aguachile salad
Total time: 10 min
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: green chillies 2, deseeded and roughly chopped; coriander a small bunch, stalks roughly chopped and leaves torn; limes 2, zested and juiced; caster sugar 1 tsp; ready-cooked prawns 180g; red onion 1, thinly sliced; avocado 1, diced; radishes a handful, quartered; cucumber ¼, diced; Little Gem lettuces 2, cut into chunky pieces; tortilla chips a handful, crushed, to serve

10 minutes + marinating
serves 4
Easy

Check out our quick and easy prawn aguachile salad recipe. Aguachile’ means ‘chilli water’ in Spanish, referring to the fiery dressing. Traditionally, raw prawns would be used but we’ve used cooked here to cut down on time

November 6, 2018 at 4:01 pm

*This recipe is gluten-free according to industry standards

Ingredients

green chillies 2, deseeded and roughly chopped
coriander a small bunch, stalks roughly chopped and leaves torn
limes 2, zested and juiced
caster sugar 1 tsp
ready-cooked prawns 180g
red onion 1, thinly sliced
avocado 1, diced
radishes a handful, quartered
cucumber ¼, diced
Little Gem lettuces 2, cut into chunky pieces
tortilla chips a handful, crushed, to serve

Method

Step 1

Put the green chillies, coriander stalks, lime zest and juice, the sugar, a pinch of salt and 50ml of water into a small blender and whizz until smooth. Put the prawns and red onion into a large bowl, pour over the dressing and leave to marinate for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Step 2

Add in the avocado, radishes, cucumber, lettuce and coriander leaves, and toss again. Divide between 4 plates then sprinkle over a few crushed tortilla chips.