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Sauteed Prawns (Tahiti)

Type: Shellfish
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Prawns
150   Chopped onion
2   Crushed garlic cloves
1   Glass water or white wine
30   Finely chopped parsley
  Salt and red pepper

Recipe Instructions

Wash the prawns thoroughly, breaking off the feelers or legs which are too long. Fry the chopped onion in a heavy frying pan until golden. Add the prawns and continue cooking until they turn red in color.

Season and add a glass of water or dry white wine to the pan, then the crushed cloves of garlic and a light sprinkling of paprika. Cover the pan and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes. Check the seasoning, sprinkle over the fresh parsley and serve hot.

From "Tahitian Cooking", Michel Swartvagher and Michel Folco. le editions du pacifique, Papeete-Tahiti, 1980. ISBN 2-85700-062-6.

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