Sweet Chilli Prawns

5 from 6 votes

Sweet Chilli Prawns are a quick and easy recipe perfect for dinner any night of the week! With tender prawns and a sweet chilli honey sauce.

Prep Time12

Cook Time8

Total Time20

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: sweet chilli prawns

Servings:

Calories: 464kcal

Sweet chilli sauce: add the sweet chilli sauce, honey, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper to a small jug and use a mini whisk to combine, then set aside.
Prawns: use a cutting board and start by twisting the heads off the prawns, followed by the tail then removing the shell. Once done use a knife to cut along the backbone of the prawn and remove the digestive tract. Then repeat this process for all of the prawns.
Sauce: add the raw prawns to a small bowl and pour the sauce over the top. Then use a spoon to stir and gently cover all of the prawns in the sauce.
Cook: place a large frying pan onto the stove top and turn the heat to high. Then use a pair of tongs to pick up each prawn and transfer it into the base of the pan. Cook the prawns, using the tongs to move them around in the pan as you go. They will take 6 - 8 minutes to cook and be bright orange with no clear flesh under the sauce when they are done.
To serve: fill bowls with hot rice, steamed bok choy and lime wedges then spoon in the prawns and sprinkle some crushed peanuts over the top. Provide forks for serving.

Note 1- Lime juice: you can use either freshly squeezed lime juice or store bought bottled lime juice. You can also omit this if you want to simplify the sauce. I don't recommend using lemon juice in its place as it is not the right flavor combination with the other sauce ingredients.
Note 2 - Garlic: you can use 2-3 cloves of fresh garlic, finely chopped, or minced garlic or chunky chopped garlic as you see in the ingredients photo.
Note 3 - Prawns: to prepare the prawns, we twist the heads off, pull the tails off and then remove the shell. Once done we use a knife to remove the digestive tract. This process does take a little bit of time and effort but is worth it and recommended over store bought peeled frozen prawns.