Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Prawn Avocado Salad

Aug 22 05:22pm
Serves
Serves 8
Ingredients
  • 32 (800g) medium cooked prawns
  • 1 iceberg lettuce
  • 2 avocados, sliced
  • 2 mangoes , sliced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, sliced
  • 1/2 red capsicum, chopped
  • 1/2 green capsicum, chopped
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup flat leaf parsley leaves
  • Thousand island sauce
  • 1 cup whole-egg mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, shelled, chopped
  • 1 1/2 tblsps lemon juice
Method
1 Shell and devein prawns leaving tails intact.

2 Bash core of iceberg on the kitchen bench to loosen the core. Pull core out of lettuce. Place lettuce under cold running water to loosen leaves. Carefully pull leaves out and drain well.

3 Arrange lettuce leaves in individual serving bowls. Divide prawns, avocados, mangoes and cucumber among bowls.

4 To make thousand island sauce, place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl.

5 To serve, sprinkle combined capsicums, onion and parsley over prawn salads. Serve with thousand island sauce.

Hint: Sauce can be made up to 2 days ahead. Simply refrigerate until serving.


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