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Prawn Top-Up
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🦐 Prawn Top-Up

A top-up of grilled prince or queen prawns with a sauce of choice.

ShellfishDairy

Ingredients

  • •4 Prince: 2g Spicemate OR 2g Cajun, 10ml vegetable oil, 30ml Sauce of choice ( recommended)
  • •2 Queen: 2g Spicemate OR 2g Cajun, 10ml Vegetable oil, 30ml Sauce of choice ( recommended)

Garnish

  • •1 Lemon wedge

Equipment

  • Flat top grill
  • Spatula

Method

  1. 1Oil the flat top and place the prawns flesh side down on the grill for approx. 1 minute.
  2. 2After 1 minute turn the prawns over and cook for approx. 30 seconds.
  3. 3Do NOT press the prawns down while grilling.
  4. 4Place the prawns in a starter pan and garnish with a lemon wedge.
  5. 5Serve with 30ml sauce of guest’s choice.

Plating

Starter pan.

Food Safety & Handling

What the SOP says about the ingredients in this recipe.

COOKING THE PRAWNSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
The ordered amount of prawns will be removed from the container. Place the butterflied prawns on the grill, flesh side down, and grill until the flesh turns white, then turn the prawns over onto the shell, grill the prawns further until the shell turns pink.
PRAWN MARINADE DO NOTSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
Don`t pour the marinade ingredients over the prawns and then try and distribute the ingredients throughout the mixture. Don`t use the prawns from the marinade longer than 2 days. Don’t throw the butterflied prawns into the container, pack them neatly. This will ensure quick placing of the prawns on the grill when an order comes, through. Once the kitchen closes, wipe the container down. Move any left over prawns into the cold room. Use these prawns first using the FIFO guidelines. Each 568g portion contains: Typical energy as sold per 100g: 642kcal/2648kJ 182% 372g 531%
EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PRODUCE PRAWNSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
Flat top grill Spatula Large spoon Scale · 10g OR 15g Spicemate · 10ml OR 15ml cooking oil 5g OR 8g Cajun
METHODprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
1.Clean and butterfly the prawns. 2.Grill the prawns according to OB standards by sprinkling Spicemate over the flesh side and placing them flesh side down on the flat top. 3.If Cajun, sprinkle the Cajun spice over the prawns before grilling. (Do not use Spicemate for Cajun) 4.When prawns turn opaque, turn once (approx. 1 minute) on first side, 30 seconds on 2nd side) 5.Do not press the prawns down while grilling. 6.Plate the prawns on a Platter for One. 7.Serve with guest's side and sauce of choice. 8.Garnish with a lemon wedge. INGREDIENTS CAJUN OPTION
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