Delicious Warm Asparagus and Prawn Salad - tender asparagus, Yukon gold potatoes and lemon butter prawns for a simple flavoursome salad.
I really fancied a light simple dish for lunch today and with some fresh asparagus in hand, was looking around for what I could pair with it for something delicious and healthy.
Lemon is always a great flavour for asparagus, is just has a lovely fresh sharp flavour and when you add some butter and garlic too - heaven.
Keeping it light for a nice springtime lunch, I grabbed some raw large prawns and some beautiful Yukon gold potatoes (my favourite) and got busy making a yummy warm salad.
Salads really do not need to consist of just boring salad leaves and not much else. I always love to make salads with all kind of different combinations. Makes it much more enjoyable, while still being healthy.
They also don't need to contain all cold ingredients. Yes, cold is good if you want it portable to take on a picnic or for lunch, but if you are at home and fancy something light, adding some warm or hot ingredients can really take it to a whole other level and it feels more filling too.
So for this warm asparagus salad, I parboiled the potatoes, just to make them a bit quicker to cook and made a yummy coating for the shrimp and asparagus using a combination of fresh lemon zest, proper butter, garlic and parsley.
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Kitchen Items Use for this Warm Asparagus and Prawn Salad:
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Jug
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
- Large Frying pan
- Saucepan
- Mixing Bowl
- Zester
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Warm Asparagus and Prawn Salad
Delicious Warm Asparagus and Prawn Salad - tender asparagus, Yukon gold potatoes and lemon butter shrimp for a simple flavoursome salad
Ingredients
- 400g (14oz) of Yukon Gold Potaotes (or similar yellow potato), peeled and chopped
- 200g (7oz) asparagus, trimmed
- 200g (7oz) of large shrimp
- 1 tbs salted butter
- 1 tbs of chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- lemon zest and juice of half a lemon
- salt and black pepper
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Add the potatoes to a large saucepan with water
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until tender (approx 10 mins in total), drain and set aside
- Mix together the butter, garlic, lemon zest and parsley
- Bring some water in a shallow frying pan to a boil, you want just enough water to cover the asparagus, once it starts bubbling, drop in the asparagus and cook for approx 2-3 mins, until it goes bright green but remains tender (don't over cook). Drain and instantly add to a bowl of ice cold water to prevent it cooking any further.
- Spray a frying pan with some cooking oil spray, add the potatoes and fry until lightly golden on the outside. You can also place the frying pan under the grill for a few mins to really brown the top of them (but make sure you frying pan is suitable for under the grill)
- Add in the shrimp, asparagus and butter, and toss to coat, continue to fry until the prawns (shrimp) are cooked through
- Squeeze in the juices of half a lemon, toss again and season well with salt and black pepper
- Serve with fresh lemon wedges
- Enjoy!!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 315Total Fat 7.7gSaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 167mgSodium 346mgCarbohydrates 37.9gFiber 7.5gSugar 4.6gProtein 25.4g
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information.
Anne Dean says
I have just made this for my tea. It was so delicious. I will definitely make it again. Thank you! Xxx