Asian Grilled Shrimp / Prawns Recipe

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Completely cooked prawns coated with lime browned butter with a drizzle of candy soy sauce. The flavour mixture of this Asian Grilled Shrimp is magical. Whether or not you make this in your BBQ or on the range, this tastes so good, it’s like one thing you’d get at a elaborate restaurant – and actually, is a copycat of a dish from a fantastic Sydney restaurant known as Esther. That is simple gourmand cooking at its greatest!

Asian Grilled Shrimp / Prawns on a white plate, drizzled with brown butter, lime and sweet soy, ready to be served.

Browned butter and candy soy sauce. It’s a mixture made in heaven, one that you could be not have considered however I hope you attempt it at the very least as soon as as a result of it’s magical!

Candy soy sauce – in any other case often called Kecap Manis – is an Indonesian candy soy sauce which is offered at main supermarkets (Woolworths and Coles in Australia) OR you’ll be able to simply make with simply soy sauce and sugar. It has a thick syrup kind consistency and I consider it because the Asian equal of caramelised balsamic vinegar.

You understand how you drizzle only a contact of balsamic vinegar syrup on caprese (tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil) and it miraculously takes it from blah to out-of-this-world-phenomenal?

That’s what kecap manis does on this. 🙂

THIS being prawns / shrimp with browned butter and drizzled with kecap manis. 😉

Sweet Soy Asian Shrimp | These are AMAZING!!! Browned butter with sweet soy is a KILLER COMBO!!!

Close up of Asian Grilled Shrimp on a white plate.

I used to be flopping backwards and forwards indecisively about what to name this. As a result of it doesn’t particularly style Asian per se. It might be proper at dwelling on the menu of fancy Western eating places as it could be at trendy Asian eating places.

Additionally, I personally can not consider any well-known Asian dishes made with browned butter!

Then I assumed, stuff it. I can name this what I would like! That is my invention, so I get naming rights. Asian it’s!! 🙂

So….find out how to describe how this tastes?

Right here goes my try. The browned butter offers this a nutty luxurious flavour, then the kecap manis provides the candy however with a depth of flavour that may’t be in comparison with only a sprinkle of sugar. The mixture is SO GOOD it would be best to have some bread readily available to mop up the leftover sauce on the plate that’s mingled with the juices from the prawns…(Child Fingers Alert!!)

Bread being used to mop up the sauce on a plate of Asian Grilled Shrimp.

And….thrilling information! Woolworths, a contemporary meals grocery store very well-known to Australians, has requested me to share a particular Christmas recipe!! Particularly, they didn’t need the same old roast, they needed one thing that was harking back to my childhood Christmases. After all, I jumped at that!!!

Migrating to Australia within the early 1980’s meant the meals of my youth was considerably totally different to that of my buddies. And my household Christmas feasts had been a far cry from the normal menus that many are aware of.

Particular meals for our household had been Japanese / Asian seafood barbecue feasts. And this Friday, I’m going to be sharing my mom’s signature Miso Marinated Barbecued Aspect of Salmon which is a sensational EASY centrepiece for an Australian summer season Christmas. One million instances simpler than roast turkey!

The loopy factor? The standard Japanese marinade for that is simply FOUR substances. Severely.

Sitting round a Christmas feast like this could make anybody smile, don’t you assume? 🙂

Miso Salmon Side on a wooden board, ready to be served.

These Asian Barbecue Prawns are a part of this feast I’m sharing. Be affected person, the recipe for the remainder of the delicious feast you see above is approaching Friday!

For now, be content material with these unimaginable prawns.

Really easy.

SO loopy good.

Asian Grilled Shrimp / Prawns on a white plate, with fresh lime on the side.

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Asian Grilled Shrimp / Prawns Recipe

Asian Grilled Shrimp / Prawns Recipe

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Serves: 2 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 262 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb / 500 g shrimp / prawns (fresh), peeled and deveined (Note 1)
  • 2 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup salted butter (or 1/3 cup unsalted butter + big pinch of salt)
  • 3/4 to 1 tsp tsp sweet soy sauce / kecap manis (Note 2)
  • 1 lime , large
  • 1 red birds eye chilli , deseeded and finely sliced or chopped
  • Cilantro / coriander leaves

Instructions

  1. Combine shrimp / prawns, garlic and oil in a small bowl, use your fingers to coat then set aside for 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small silver fry pan or saucepan over medium heat. (Note 3)
  3. Heat until it starts to foam, then swirl the pan occasionally to distribute heat evenly.
  4. Cook until the butter turns golden, smells nutty and there are brown specks at the bottom (you might need a teaspoon to push the foam aside).
  5. Remove from heat immediately. Pour into a jug, leaving behind most of the bitter brown specks (I strained it - because I was making an effort!).
  6. Set aside until required.
  7. Heat the BBQ or fry pan over high heat (no oil).
  8. Add prawns / shrimp and cook until each side is lightly golden brown, but be sure not to overcook! (Note 4)
  9. Place prawns in a bowl. Grate over the zest of a lime, then cut the lime in half and squeeze over about 1 tbsp of lime juice. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of browned butter, toss gently.
  10. Transfer to a plate. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of browned butter then lastly, drizzle over kecap manis, using as thin a stream as you can.
  11. Serve immediately, garnished with chilli and cilantro/coriander, if using.

Notes

1. This recipe is best suited to fresh prawns, not frozen. It makes enough for 2 as a main or 4 to 6 as a side dish.
2. Kecap Manis is also known as sweet soy sauce. You can buy it at major supermarkets in Australia (Woolworths, Coles) or Asian grocery stores for around $2.
OR you can make your own! It is hard to make just the amount required in this recipe so you will need to make a larger quantity. Just combine 1/4 cup normal soy sauce (not light) with 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp brown sugar (or palm sugar) in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil then allow to simmer until it thickens to a THIN syrup consistency, then remove from the stove (it will continue to thicken as it cools).
This makes more than you need but it's hard to make less. Use the leftovers to make my Indonesian Chicken Satay! Or just mix with melted butter and brush onto chicken to bake or panfry. Delicious!
3. Using a silver saucepan makes it easier to see when the butter is golden brown. If you don't have one, just scoop up the butter with a silver spoon to check the colour.
4. How to tell a prawn is perfectly cooked: RAW prawns hang straight. Perfectly cooked prawns form a "C" shape and overcooked prawns are curled in a "O" shape.
5. Nutrition assuming this serves 4 as a side.

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Hi, I’m Sarah Millar!
I’m a food blogger who loves creating quick and easy recipes that bring big flavor without the fuss. Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated — and I’m here to share simple, fast food ideas that anyone can make at home. When I’m not in the kitchen, you’ll usually find me tasting new dishes, exploring cafés, or coming up with fresh food hacks to make everyday meals more fun.

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