Name: Prawn and avocado salad with ginger dressing
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Prawn and avocado salad; 1 kilogram medium cooked prawns; 200 gram snow peas, sliced thinly; 1 bunch chives, chopped; 100 gram baby spinach leaves; 1 medium (250g) avocado, sliced; Ginger dressing; 1/4 cup finely grated fresh ginger; 1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil; 2 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon white sugar; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Prawn and avocado salad with ginger dressing

Fresh ginger dressing really brings this prawn and avocado salad to life. Perfect for a light lunch on the deck with friends, served with crusty bread and dry white wine.

Serves 4

Cook

30M

Ingredients

Prawn and avocado salad

1 kilogram medium cooked prawns

200 gram snow peas, sliced thinly

1 bunch chives, chopped

100 gram baby spinach leaves

1 medium (250g) avocado, sliced

Ginger dressing

1/4 cup finely grated fresh ginger

1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil

2 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon white sugar

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1.Peel and devein the prawns. Cut prawns in half lengthways.

2.For the ginger dressing, press the grated ginger between two spoons over a small bowl, reserve the juice; discard ginger. Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper to taste in a screw-top jar; shake well. Add the ginger juice gradually, to taste.

3.Combine the prawns, snow peas, chives, spinach and avocado in a large bowl.

4.Just before serving, add the ginger dressing to salad; toss to combine.

You can use 500g cooked chicken breast fillets instead of the prawns, if desired. Ginger dressing can be made a day ahead. Salad is best made close to serving. Not suitable to freeze.
Note

Women's Weekly Food

Trusted by home cooks for 90 years, The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen and cookbooks hold a singular place in shaping home cooking within the Australian culinary landscape. Today, the AWW Test Kitchen in Sydney is a thriving hub for food content, connected to two bustling photographic studios where a talented team of Australia’s best recipe developers, art directors, editors and photographers create our world class food content. Our recipes are thoroughly tested and tasted and given the Test Kitchen tick of approval, guaranteeing you’ll get great results in your home kitchen.

Instagram Facebook