Quick prawn tacos with salad, pickled onion & kewpie mayo meal planning

Quick prawn tacos with salad, pickled onion & kewpie mayo

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Servings: 4 people
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 Small bowl
  • 1 Medium bowl
  • 1 Frypan
  • 1 Large bowl

Ingredients

Pickled onion

  • 1 red onion
  • 2 tbsp / 30 ml red wine vinegar

Prawns

  • 300 g prawns
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • ½ tbsp flour or gluten-free flour
  • 2 tsp lemon pepper
  • 1 tbsp / 15 ml olive oil

Tortillas

  • 8 mini tortillas

Salad

  • 1 baby cos lettuce
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 beetroot
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 lime optional

To serve

  • ¼ cup / 60 g kewpie mayo

Instructions

Pickle onion

  1. Peel and thinly slice 1 red onion into rounds. Add the onion to a small bowl with the 2 tbsp red wine vinegar and a pinch of salt and stir to combine. Set aside to pickle and toss occasionally.

Cook prawns

  1. Pat 300 g prawns dry. Gently pinch the tail between your fingers and pull to remove, then discard. Toss in a medium bowl with 2 tbsp cornflour, ½ tbsp flour, 2 tsp lemon pepper and a pinch of salt. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frypan on high heat. Cook the prawns (in batches if needed) for about 2 minutes on each side, until golden and cooked through.

Warm tortillas

  1. Pile 8 mini tortillas on a plate and microwave for about 1 minute to warm.

Make salad

  1. Adding to a large bowl as you go - shred 1 baby cos lettuce. Peel and grate or julienne 1 carrot and 1 beetroot. Julienne 1 cucumber. Drain the pickled onion juice into the salad bowl, season with salt, and toss to combine. Slice 1 lime into wedges.

To serve

  1. Spread tortillas with kewie mayo and fill with the salad and prawns. Sprinkle over pickled onions and squeeze a wedge of lime juice.

Nutrition

Calories: 624kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 1430mg | Potassium: 554mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Calcium: 259mg | Iron: 5mg

Dietary note: Be sure to check the label and ensure the ingredients match your dietary requirements/preferences.

Ingredients note: Nutritional information is an estimate based on average ingredients by all brands.

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