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Insta-Worthy Prawn Toast Tacos
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Insta-Worthy Prawn Toast Tacos

with Sriracha Mayo and Spring Onion

Even if you don’t live for followers, you’ll still turn heads on the ’gram with our photo-ready recipe. One of our yum PLUS dishes, this isn’t only about good looks though because that’s pointless if the taste isn’t amazing too. Tacos spread with a prawn toast-vibed mixture, fried golden, then topped with sriracha mayo and fresh leaves is mouth-wateringly good – this will become a fave, we reckon!

Fish
30-40 minutesCooking Time
EASYDifficulty
2 - 4Servings
715Calories

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove
    1 garlic clove
  • 200g peeled prawns
    200g peeled prawns
  • 10ml sesame oil
    10ml sesame oil
  • 6 flour tortillas
    6 flour tortillas
  • 3 x 5g toasted sesame seeds
    3 x 5g toasted sesame seeds
  • 25g sriracha chilli sauce
    25g sriracha chilli sauce
  • 1 spring onion
    1 spring onion
  • 50g mixed salad leaves
    50g mixed salad leaves

From Your Pantry

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbs plain flour
  • 1½ tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 tbs mayonnaise

Utensils Needed

  • food processor (optional)
  • large frypan
  • paper towel

Instructions

Make prawn mixture

Make prawn mixture

Crush or finely chop the garlic. Blend the prawns in a food processor (see Cooking tip) using short pulses until the mixture is smooth and comes together. Combine the prawn, garlic, sesame oil, 1 egg and 1 tsp soy sauce in a large bowl. Stir in 1 tbs plain flour, season with salt and pepper and gently mix to combine.

Assemble tacos

Assemble tacos

Using damp hands, evenly spread the prawn mixture over each tortilla. Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and, using your fingertips, gently press the seeds into the prawn mixture.

Fry prawn toast tacos

Fry prawn toast tacos

Heat 2 tsp vegetable oil in a large frypan over medium heat. Cook 2 tacos, prawn-side down for 2-3 mins until the prawn is cooked. Turn and cook for a further 1-2 mins until the tacos are golden. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towel. Repeat with the remaining oil and tacos.

Make sriracha mayo

Make sriracha mayo

Combine the sriracha sauce (see Make it milder) and 2 tbs mayonnaise in a bowl. Thinly slice the spring onion.

Serve up

Serve up

Divide the prawn toast tacos and salad leaves among plates. Drizzle over the sriracha mayo and scatter with the spring onion. Enjoy!

Make it milder

Make it milder

Sriracha is a Thai hot chilli sauce. If you prefer less heat, reduce the sriracha in the mayo.

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Chef Sophie James

As Culinary Creative, Sophie brings her love for simply delicious food to Dinnerly. Upon completion of her degree in Culinary Arts in New Zealand, Sophie began creating food content for clients such as Cuisine magazine, the Delicious Dunedin cookbook and Miele’s Masterclass cookbooks. Sophie believes food should evoke a mood, from the way it looks to the way you feel when you eat it. She loves all aspects of cooking and the way food brings people together around the table.

"Sophie loves fresh and exciting flavours, creating a spread for her friends and family and baking healthier sweet treats."

Nutrition (per serving)

Energy (Kilojoules)

2992

Energy (Calories)

715

Protein

25.9

Total Fat

47.7

-Saturated

8.8

Carbohydrate

46.1

-Sugars

4.9

Dietary Fibre

3.9

Sodium

1587.5

Allergens

Crustacean
Egg
Gluten
Sesame
Soy
Sulphites
Wheat

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