Barbecue Prawns With Lemongrass

Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 1/4 cup mirin (rice wine)
• 1/4 cup lemongrass, inner stalk, finely chopped
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon chili paste
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic, fresh, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 40 medium prawns
• toothpicks, good quality or bamboo skewer

Recipe

• 1 mix the soy sauce, fish sauce, rice wine, lemongrass, spring onions, chili paste, ginger, coriander, garlic and sugar in a large dish.
• 2 peel and devein the prawns, and add the prawns to the marinade.
• 3 refrigerate the prawns for about 3 to 4 hours. during this time keep turning the prawns to coat them well with the marinade.
• 4 soak the toothpicks/skewers in water (this will help to stop them burning during the cooking process).
• 5 thread the prawns on individual toothpicks, or the bamboo skewers, from head to tail, in the form of a the letter celsius.
• 6 grill prawns on a pre-heated grill for 2 minutes on each side, brushing with the marinade as you turn them.
• 7 let prawns cool slightly.
• 8 serve prawns warm or you can refrigerate the prawns and serve cold.