This is a fantastic, simple marinade for prawns. We serve them as appetizers, but they may also be a full entrée. I’ve also used the sauce to sauté them with the marinade, serve it over pasta, or just eat it by itself with French bread. ENJOY.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 18 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 30 prawns |
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 orange, juiced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons white wine (Optional)
- 30 tiger prawns, peeled and deveined
Instructions
- In a glass dish, mix together the olive oil, mustard, garlic, lemon juice, orange juice, basil and white wine. Add the prawns, and stir to coat. Cover, and let marinate for 1 hour.
- Heat an outdoor grill to high heat.
- Thread prawns onto skewers. Grill for 3 to 5 minutes, turning once, until pink.
- If desired, reserve marinade; transfer to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with prawns.
- The nutrition data for this recipe includes information for the full amount of the marinade ingredients. The actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 231 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 89 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 166 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We really enjoyed these I only had medium size shrimp. Sauteed in orange flavored olive oil and minced garlic served over angel hair pasta. Yum!!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
it was great and flavorfull!
It was excellant
Wife really liked the marinade and the reduction was subtle, but great, on pasta. Accidentally added two tablespoons of basil and turned out fine.
I have made MANY recipes off this site and many of them have been great but this is the first time one has been so good that I actually wrote a review. YUMMMMMMY! I had 35 Jumbo shrimp and no lemons or oranges so I doubled everything in the marinade and used half a cup of lemon juice and half a cup of orange juice. Only had to grill 2 minutes each side. These were fantastic mouthgasmic! Cannot wait to have them again!!
The only change I made was I used honey mustard because that is what I had. Great balance of flavors. Super easy!! This one goes in the favorites for sure!!
I didn’t have any dijon mustard, so I added a teaspoon of horseradish to the recipe. I also added 2Tbs of melted butter to the marinade. It was great!
The taste of the shrimp was great. I sautéed them in butter. Added extra clove of garlic. Lots of flavour. Didn’t like the marinade for the sauce though. we had pesto over pasta with our prawns, will make them again on the grill in the summer.
Good overall, but I will try to use more spice next time!
So, so, SO yum! I stumbled across this recipe in the attempts at throwing something together quickly for dinner. The one hour marinade sort of put a kink in that but SO worth it! The only thing I had to tweak was adding apple juice with a splash of dark rum instead of white wine because I didn’t have any. I also added triple the amount of dried basil. I also added a bit more Dijon mustard after tasting a bit too strong of lemon.
Kids loved it husband too tasty and easy to make …
I substituted fresh chopped cilantro for the basil, and pan fried the (fresh) prawns (without tails); served with a sauce comprised of low fat mayo, alioli and some hot sauce. They were devoured as an appetizer!
Delicious and simple!
Amazing. Family loved it. Definitely a keeper.
So good. Great amrinade to use on chicken as well
Easy and great. Doubled the garlic and added lemon zest and orange zest of the orange and lemon that I used.
Very simple and delicious made exactly as written. Might need a pinch of salt or Old Bay Seasoning.
This was so amazing, I went out the next day to buy the shrimp while they were on sale and made 5 more batches to freeze. Lots of flavor!!!!
Very rich tasting and had a nice grilled taste. I served them with some warm french bread, steamed artichoke and an organge lemon poundcake to match the flavors. I’d make again
I thought this was superl!!! Sauteed the prawns after marinating then added the marinade to pan and brought to a simmer. Added blanched asparagus and served over angel hair pasta. WONDERFUL meal and so easy too! Definately a keeper!!!
Great – we added mushrooms