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Summer Salad with Prawns and Fried Plantains

A layered kale salad topped with vegetables, hard-boiled egg, fried plantains and curried prawns, finished with a herby dressing.

Total
30 min
Hands on
30 min
Serves
4
Method
hob
Cuisine
Caribbean

Per serving · estimated

Energy
320 kcal
Protein
18 g
Fat
16 g
Carbs
28 g
Freshly cooked Summer Salad with Prawns and Fried Plantains

Method

  1. Step 1 of 8

    Sauté the prawns in coconut milk with turmeric, garlic, salt and pepper until the prawns are cooked through to 63 °C.

    • Prawns
    • Coconut milk
    • Turmeric
    • Garlic
    • Salt
    • Ground peppercorns
    63 °C / 145 °FShrimp, lobster, crab and scallops to 63 °C / 145 °F
  2. Step 2 of 8

    Lay a bed of kale in a salad bowl.

    • Kale
  3. Step 3 of 8

    Roll the cucumber slices and arrange them over the kale.

    • Cucumber, sliced
  4. Step 4 of 8

    Scatter the sliced cherry tomatoes over the top.

    • Cherry tomatoes, sliced
  5. Step 5 of 8

    Add about five slices of the fried plantains.

    • Ripe plantains, deep fried
  6. Step 6 of 8

    Add the sliced red onion.

    • Red onion, sliced
  7. Step 7 of 8

    Add the halved hard-boiled eggs.

    • Egg, hard boiled and halved
  8. Step 8 of 8

    Whisk together the olive oil, cilantro, salt, bell pepper, ground pepper and lemon juice, then pour generously over the salad before serving with the curried prawns.

    • Olive oil
    • Chopped cilantro
    • Salt
    • Chopped bell pepper
    • Ground peppercorns
    • Lemon juice
    • Prawns

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