Quick Prawns in the UK Sun

CriggyBites

It reached 37c/98.6f in some parts of the UK yesterday. As such, I didn't want the egg to be fired up for any longer than necessary. My thoughts went straight to seafood, as it's generally quick to cook. I then raided the freezer for some large raw king prawns.

I made a marinade of olive oil, garlic, finely chopped lemon rind, flat leaf parsley, coriander, salt and pepper.

I then cooked indirectly still in their tray at 200c/400f literally for 5 minutes.

Then plated up, with peperonata (an Italian style pepper, onion and tomatoe stew) the prawns, then some shredded Chinese leaf lettuce/cabbage coated in Caesar dressing, with some of the marinade drizzled round the edge, and coriander leaves.

I snuffed the egg out as soon as I'd taken the prawns off to try and avoid any additional heat in the garden! Probably nothing compared to what a lot of you guys endure, but for over here, it was pretty damn hot!

Cheers!
Chris

TexanOfTheNorth

Wow! All of this traditional, boring, English cuisine you're serving up is awesome!

CriggyBites

Haha, maybe I'll try fish and chips on the Egg as that's all we eat over here. That and roast beef with yorkshire pudding!

TexanOfTheNorth

And at Christmas you can do plum pudding!

My FIL is from England and, he is the most boring eater in the world! Never knew anyone over there ate the way that you do!

Legume

I'm going to love reading your posts - great food, keep posting!

SmokingPiney

Wow......that looks stellar, Chris! 

Mattman3969

Very nice lookin meal!!!   

IPASooner

Nice stuff, buddy...looking good!

Thatgrimguy

Man, if I didn't fire up my Egg in 98 degree weather I wouldn't get to cook for 2 or 3 months!

Food looks great. No need to make an excuse for shrimp! 

CriggyBites

@Thatgrimguy That's what I thought!! I don't know how you cope with it. I guess you have air conditioning? There's no point having it here (apart from in your car) as we only get the weather to benefit from it a couple of times a year! 

Thatgrimguy

CriggyBites said:

@Thatgrimguy That's what I thought!! I don't know how you cope with it. I guess you have air conditioning? There's no point having it here (apart from in your car) as we only get the weather to benefit from it a couple of times a year! 

**** yeah I have Air Conditioning! I don't mind the heat or the ridiculous humidity. But let it drop below 50f (10c) and I'm miserable. I HATE winter. And I'm in an area that still does drop below freezing a couple times a year.

CriggyBites

@TexanOfTheNorth Things are a changing. The UK has gone mad for cooking recently, cooking shows and competitions all over the TV. The celebrity chef thing is massive. Right now is a great time to eat out over here, lots of amazing restaurants, the American style BBQ restaurants and burger shacks are popping up everywhere. There's one about 8 miles away from here called The Smoke Pit which is awesome. Your FIL is missing out! Here's a picture of their house platter. Brisket, pulled pork, ribs, wings and smoked sausage. 

SmokingPiney

Chris, are you and your Egg a hit with your neighbors?

theyolksonyou

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite posters!  Nice work. 

CriggyBites

@SmokingPiney Haha! The ones that get to eat my food then yes, the others that have to put up with my smoke, maybe not so much!!