Crispy Grilled Prawns with Lemon Garlic Butter
Ingredients
Lemon Garlic Butter:
- 6 tbsp butter unsalted
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 tsp garlic very finely chopped
- 1.5 tbsp lemon juice plus more to taste
Prawns:
- 500 large prawns raw, peeled and deveined
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika plain or sweet ok too
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 lemon halved (grilled if desired)
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- Baguette or crusty bread
Instructions
Preparation:
- Brush BBQ grills with oil, then preheat on high until very hot.
- If prawns are small and might fall through grills, skewer them (use 2 skewers)
Make Sauce:
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium high heat.
- Add garlic and salt. Stir until garlic is LIGHT golden brown, then immediately remove from stove (residual heat will make garlic golden & crispy).
- Stir through lemon.
Prawns:
- Pat dry dry with paper towels (to ensure crispiness!)
- Just prior to cooking, place in bowl, sprinkle/drizzle over remaining ingredients. Toss gently to coat.
- Working quickly, place prawns on BBQ and cook each side for 2 minutes until golden and crusty.
- Immediately remove shrimp onto serving plate.
Serving:
- Drizzle over all the Lemon Garlic Butter, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately with fresh or grilled lemon.
- Crusty bread to mop up the crazy delish butter on the plate is essential!