This griddled prawn and asparagus salad is an idea for a recipe that I came up with after eating the freshest, juiciest prawns whilst on holiday in Salcombe, Devon. Salads are simple to prepare and don’t detract from the flavour of the main ingredient – the beautiful prawns.
The dressing is always crucial in salads and I can’t imagine ever eating a salad undressed.. I’m using lots of wholegrain mustard in my dressings at the moment and I paired it with lemon here, which works well with the garlic & basil marinated prawns.
Griddled King prawn & asparagus salad
A seafood lovers salad featuring King prawns for decadence.
Ingredients
- 1 packet King prawns frozen/fresh
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped
- 1/2 bunch basil leaves torn
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 8 green olives finely chopped
- 2 handfuls salad leaves
- 2 handfuls wild rocket
- 1/2 lemon juice only
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 pinch sugar
- salt & pepper
- 5 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
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Marinate the prawns with the torn basil, chopped garlic and a good splash of olive oil. Leave to stand for 30 mins
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Next, boil asparagus for 4 minutes then drain & coat in olive oil. Heat a griddle pan until smoking hot. Season the asparagus, then griddle on both sides for a couple of minutes. Remove and set aside
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Make the dressing by assembling the lemon juice, honey, salt pepper, mustard and about 5tbsp olive oil. Whisk together
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Get the griddle piping hot again and griddle the prawns for about a minute each side
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Assemble your salad by dressing the leaves in a bowl then transfer to two serving plates. Top with the rest of your ingredients and serve with bread.
Dear Laura, this looks so tasty, what a lovely idea to pair king prawns with asparagus and salad, I can’t wait to try it. Thank you so much for entering Simple and in Season, this is a perfect seasonal recipe! Enjoy all the wonderful food in Devon. Ren x
Thanks Ren you’re very kind. My apologies for the photo in both quality and composition. I have no excuse-I did art a-level. I think you could say that I aspire to have photos more like yours!
Prawns and asparagus together with the lemon juice, honey and mustard sounds absolutely lovely. So much great food in Devon – I’ll be thinking of you eating freshly caught crab sandwiches.
Hi Sally,
Thanks for your comment, I am a very big fan of both shellfish and fish. Maybe that’s part of the reason I love Devon & Cornwall so much!