Satay Prawns

5 from 5 votes

Satay Prawns are a quick and easy dinner recipe. With succulent, juicy prawns and a spicy homemade satay sauce you are onto a good thing.

Prep Time12

Cook Time8

Total Time20

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: satay prawns, shrimp satay

Servings:

Calories: 436kcal

Prawns: use a chopping board and clean hands to prepare the prawns. To do so, start by twisting the heads off the prawns and then peeling the shell, leaving the final section and tail intact. Once done use a small knife to cut along the back of the prawns and remove the digestive tract. Then repeat these steps for each prawn.
Satay sauce: to make the satay sauce place a large frying pan onto the stove top and turn the heat to high. Add the peanut butter, coconut cream, lime juice, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sliced red chilli, salt and pepper. As these melt, use a wooden spoon to stir until the sauce is consistently combined.
Combine: once the satay sauce has a consistent texture add the prepared prawns to the pan and gently fold them in to coat them in the sauce. Cook the prawns in the satay sauce, using a wooden spoon to move them about the pan as they cook. It will take 6-8 minutes for them to be done.
To serve: portion the cooked satay prawns into bowls with rice, lime wedges, coriander and a sprinkling of crushed peanuts on top.

Note 1 - Prawns: we want to use fresh prawns that we peel and devein ourselves. The taste is so much better than frozen peeled prawns.
Note 2 - Peanut butter: you can use crunchy or smooth peanut butter.
Note 3 - Red chilli: the long red chilli's are rather mild in flavor. For a hotter chilli, you can use 2 of the small red (hot) chilli's.
Note 4 - Lime juice: store bought bottled lime juice is totally fine to use (and convenient). Or you can juice a lime and measure the 2 tablespoons.
Note 5 - Soy sauce: or you can use 1 tablespoon of fish sauce as an alternative.
Note 6 - Worcestershire sauce: or you can use kecap manis as a substitute.
Serving size: if you love prawns and are hearty eaters, you can split this dish between 2 instead of 4. This depends on how hungry you are and how many prawns you want per person.