garlic butter cheesy prawn
This recipe was prepared for me by our good friends we had over as house guests. Very tasty and easy to prepare. This recipe uses large prawn so it is not an inexpensive meal. This can be an appetizer, at a pot luck meal, or as a main dish.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Convection Oven
yield
14 large prawns
Ingredients
- 14 - large prawn, whole
- 1/2 cup butter
- 6 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 14 slices cheddar cheese, small slices
- - spring onion or chives, garnish
How To Make garlic butter cheesy prawn
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Step 1Preheat your oven to 200 C (390 F), line a 9x13 baking dish with foil.
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Step 2Split the body of each whole prawn, including the head, to nearly through and gently spread apart and place in the baking dish. Photo shows the size of prawn used. -
Step 3With the room temp butter, mix in the garlic, using a spoon and your fingers, put some garlic butter into each prawn as shown in this photo.
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Step 4Place in the oven then reduce the temp to 180 C (350 F). Bake for 5-10 minute or until the shells turn orange, remove from the oven and add a small slice of cheese to each body of the prawns and bake for another 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted, remove from oven, sprinkle with some chopped spring onion, serve.
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