Filipino Prawn Skewers
Ingredients: large prawns, soy sauce, fish sauce, water, thai chilies · 30 min cook time · 280kcal · ₩23,800
Ingredients
500g large prawns, 50ml soy sauce, 30ml fish sauce, 50ml water, 5ea thai chilies, 1head garlic, 3ea bay leaves, 0.5ea onion, 10g ginger, 30g brown sugar, 5g black peppercorns, 100g banana ketchup, 1ea lemon, 2ea lime, 120ml 7UP or Sprite
Instructions
1. Clean the prawns by cutting between the head and body to remove the spine area, then carefully slide down the back to remove the bile sac. Rinse in cool water.
2. Prepare the marinade by mixing soy sauce, fish sauce, water, sliced thai chilies, rough-chopped garlic, bay leaves, diced onion, ginger, brown sugar, black peppercorns, banana ketchup, lemon juice and zest, lime juice and zest, and 7UP.
3. Pour half of the marinade over the prawns and let them marinate for a couple of hours in the fridge.
4. Strain the remaining marinade and reduce it in a pot with extra brown sugar and banana ketchup until glossy and thick.
5. Skewer the marinated prawns starting from the tail through the head.
6. Grill the prawn skewers on a hot grill pan for 3 to 4 minutes per side, frequently basting with the marinade or reduced glaze.
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