Prawn & Bacon Skewers with Mango & Chilli
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Prawn & Bacon Skewers with Mango & Chilli
Recipe by Michael Weldon
Ingredients
16 green prawns, peeled with tale piece left on.
8 bacon rashes, cut in half
4 spring onions, cut into 4cm pieces
1/2 mango, flesh diced
¼ bunch of coriander stem
2 garlic cloves
1tbs brown sugar
1 birdseye chilli
1 lime
sea salt
Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil
4 long skewers soaked for 30 mins
Method
Wrap the prawn in bacon then thread one onto a skewer then add a piece of spring onion then another prawn. Repeat the process until each skewer has 4 prawns and 3 spring onion pieces on it.
In a mortar and pestle combine the coriander stem, garlic, brown sugar, chilli and a pinch of salt with the mango and crush into a paste. Add the lime juice, mix into a glaze.
Heat a BBQ or griddle pan until smoking. Brush the skewers with olive oil and add to the grill. Cook basting in the mango chilli glaze until caramelised and sticky.
Serve skewers with the extra glaze as a dipping sauce.
