Lemongrass Prawn Lettuce Cups

Lemongrass-Prawn-Lettuce-Cups

 

Serves: 2-4

Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

  • 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
  • 250g prawns, peeled
  • 1 spring onion (white part), finely sliced
  • ½ stick lemongrass (white part only), finely diced
  • 2 tbsp cashews, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tsp miso paste
  • 2 tsp tamari soy sauce
  • ½ tsp sesame oil
  • ½-1 long red chilli, finely sliced
  • Squeeze of lime juice

Salad Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp coriander, chopped
  • 2 tbsp mint, chopped
  • ½ spring onion (green part), finely sliced
  • ½ Lebanese cucumber, finely sliced into half-moons
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp tamari soy sauce

Method:

  1. Mix all salad ingredients together and set aside.
  2. Heat coconut oil in a wok or frying pan over medium-high heat.
  3. Add the white part of the spring onion, miso paste, tamari, chilli, and lemongrass. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, adding a dash of water if needed.
  4. Add prawns and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until cooked.
  5. Remove from heat and drizzle with sesame oil and lime juice.
  6. Serve the salad in individual lettuce cups, topped with prawns.

 

About

Zoe

Zoe Bingley-Pullin

Zoe Bingley-Pullin is a nutritionist, mother, chef and founder of Nutritional Edge, a nutritional consultancy company based in Sydney. She is passionate about food and has a self acclaimed love affair with food. Her passion for food has empowered her to help many people embrace the benefits of food through education. By improving people’s knowledge and understanding of food, she believes they’re able to create and sustain a healthier and more delicious life and their very own love affair with food.