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Prawn (Shrimp) Cocktail

At a Glance

Prep
10 minutes
Total
10 minutes
Servings
4 serving(s)

Categories

  • Appetizer
  • Australian
  • No-cook
  • Easy
  • No-Cook

Allergens

  • Shellfish
  • Eggs

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 30.9 per serving 123.6 for selected servings
Fat 0.4g per serving 1.6g for selected servings
Sugar 1.1g per serving 4.4g for selected servings
Protein 3.9g per serving 15.6g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 3.4g per serving 13.6g for selected servings

A fairly traditional Australian prawn cocktail recipe with the addition of some tomato and corn to garnish. It always tastes best if you use prawns just freshly cooked but then cooled in the fridge a while.

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Equipment

Small bowl, Martini glasses

Ingredients

  • 16 medium prawns, shelled, deveined and cooked (shrimp)
  • 1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 3 drops Tabasco sauce
  • 4 small lettuce leaves
  • 4 cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters
  • 4 teaspoons corn kernels

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, tomato sauce and pepper and mix well.

  2. Add a few drops of tabasco sauce, stir and taste, adding more tabasco to taste.

  3. Add prawns to the bowl and blend through lightly.

  4. Place lettuce leaves in bottom of 4 martini glasses and top with prawn mixture (4 prawns per serve).

  5. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and corn kernels.

  6. Serve chilled.

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Source: https://www.food.com/recipe/prawn-shrimp-cocktail-167931

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