Prawn Salad (Prawn Cocktail)

Here we have a prawn salad or a prawn cocktail if you want the starter version. It is more of a salsa based prawn cocktail than the traditional 70s and 80s variety. We originally done this with Lobster instead of prawns last Christmas and was so good we wanted to make it again this year but we could not get hold of a lobster. We got some good quality prawns and tried it with them instead. It turned out pretty amazing and at half the cost. So if you fancy prawn salad, prawn cocktail, lobster salad or lobster cocktail give this one a try.

Serves 2 prawn salads (4 prawn cocktails)

Equipment:-

• 1 large bowl
• 1 small bowl
• 1 chopping board
• 1 sharp knife

Ingredients:-

• 250g cooked and peeled prawns
• 2 tomatoes de seeded and finely chopped
• 1/4 cucumber de seeded and finely chopped
• 1 red pepper de seeded and finely chopped
• 4 spring onions finely sliced
• 1 small green medium chilli de seeded and finely chopped
• A bunch of coriander roughly chopped
• 1/2 juice of a line
• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• A few drops of Tabasco sauce 
• 1 Avocado diced
• black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup of shredded lettuce

Method:-

• To a bowl add tomato, red pepper, spring onions, cucumber, lime juice, olive oil, salt and coriander.
• Mix well and then set aside the salsa in fridge for 30 mins
• In a small bowl make the dressing by mixing the mayonnaise, ketchup and Tabasco together
• In 2 medium serving bowls serve up. There will be 2 layers of each ingredient in each serving dish so roughly evenly serve it out based on that. Layer up in the following order
• Salsa, lettuce, prawns, dressing, avocado, Salsa, lettuce, prawns, dressing, avocado.
• Season with black pepper and it's done.
• You can alternatively make 4 smaller versions as a prawn cocktail and serve up in some glasses or smaller dishes.

Prawn Salad or Prawn Cocktail Done!!!