Nam Jim king prawns

Name: Nam Jim king prawns
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: groundnut oil; 20 raw peeled king prawns tails left on, from sustainable sources; 2 spring onions; 2 limes; 1 long green chilli; 1 bunch of fresh coriander; 4 cm piece of ginger; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 25 g palm sugar; sunflower oil for frying; 40 g vermicelli rice noodles

Crunchy fried noodles & tangy, spicy dressing

“This tangy Thai-style dressing really livens up these meaty pan-fried prawns – it’s a great help-yourself dish which is big on flavour but requires minimal time and effort. ”

Serves 4

Cooks In45 minutes

DifficultyNot too tricky

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Nutrition per serving

Calories 117 6%
Fat 4.7g 7%
Saturates 0.7g 4%
Sugars 6.8g 8%
Salt 0.5g 8%
Protein 10.3g 21%
Carbs 9g 3%
Fibre 0.5g -

Of an adult's reference intake

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By Elspeth Meston

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Ingredients

groundnut oil
20 raw peeled king prawns , tails left on, from sustainable sources
2 spring onions
NAM JIM DRESSING
2 limes
1 long green chilli
1 bunch of fresh coriander
4 cm piece of ginger
2 tablespoons fish sauce
25 g palm sugar
CRISPY NOODLES
sunflower oil , for frying
40 g vermicelli rice noodles

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Method

First, make the nam jim dressing. Finely grate the lime zest into a food processor, and squeeze in the juice. Deseed the chilli, roughly chop the coriander and peel and roughly chop the ginger, then add to the processor.
Drizzle over the fish sauce, then add the palm sugar, and blitz until finely chopped. Season to taste and set aside.
Pour 3cm of sunflower oil into a wide, deep saucepan and place over a medium heat until the oil reaches 180ºC on a thermometer. You can also test that the oil is hot enough with a little bit of noodle – it should crisp up and turn lightly golden.
Meanwhile, break up the noodles into 5cm strips. Prepare a plate lined with kitchen paper and have a slotted spoon ready. Fry the noodles in the oil, in batches for 30 seconds at a time, turning halfway through, then transfer to your lined plate to drain.
Heat 1 tablespoon of groundnut oil in a large frying pan over a medium–high heat, add the prawns and fry for 4 minutes, turning halfway through, or until cooked through and lightly golden – you may need to work in batches.
Tip the prawns onto a serving dish, drizzle over the nam jim dressing and toss to combine. Trim and finely slice the spring onions.
To serve, sprinkle the crispy noodles and spring onions over the prawns, then bring to the table with lots of forks and let people dig in.