How to make prawns taste better?

StormWarrior

What's the best way to make king prawns taste a bit less fishy? I've tried frying them in olive oil and it helps a bit but sometimes they still taste too fishy.

olaola

Prawns shouldn't taste fishy!

Kenny_D

Buy fresher prawns! Chinese supermarket/wholesale sell blocks of big frozen fresh tiger prawns. That or theres a good place in howth but cant remember the name. Any fresh fish shouldnt smell fishy but there's deffinitely not a very 'fishy' taste from prawns so they're probably not that fresh

bryaner

StormWarrior wrote: »

What's the best way to make king prawns taste a bit less fishy? I've tried frying them in olive oil and it helps a bit but sometimes they still taste too fishy.

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jimi_t2

StormWarrior wrote: »

What's the best way to make king prawns taste a bit less fishy? I've tried frying them in olive oil and it helps a bit but sometimes they still taste too fishy.

Jesus, yeah.

ALL seafood should be shiny, firm (with the exception of molluscs and crabmeat etc..) and smell of nothing but faintly of the sea.

The other explanation is that they're in brine and you're not washing them properly.

Either way, GET NEW PRAWNS

Faith

Prawns will only be fishy if you buy cheap, bad-quality prawns. Fresh ones don't smell or taste fishy at all. They taste like gorgeous!

finisklin

Tiger prawns that you refer to are generally imported frozen and are farmed in Asia. IMO they are tasteless, rubbery and overpriced for what you get. So no matter how ahrd you try to imprvoe the taste, it won't improve. BTW, These normally come cooked so maybe check the packaging to ensure that they are raw.

The best prawns are the Dublin Bay Prawns/Langostines variety which are caught off the Irish coast. They are like miniature lobster...only problem is that they are damn expensive. Normally I shell them and fry them with diced chilli's or garlic. Delish.

Hope this helps.....

duploelabs

Dublin Bay prawns have really come down in price these days, I've seen them on sale for as little as €10 per kg.
With any shellfish, if you want them to taste really good, cook them in heavily salted water, about 1 tablespoon of salt per liter of water or if you can get it, use seawater

hussey

agree, with above

but here are some of recipes I use:

100ml olive oil,
3 garlic cloves sliced thinly
2 handfuls of parsley chopped

mix all the above and marinate prawns for 1hr, fry on both sides for 2mins or until opaque.

also try fry the prawns with Chorizo, and the fat juice is lovely.

Another tip is to cook with the heads on as the flavour will flow out and is amazing!

duploelabs

hussey wrote: »

100ml olive oil,
3 garlic cloves sliced thinly
2 handfuls of parsley chopped

mix all the above and marinate prawns for 1hr, fry on both sides for 2mins or until opaque.

Don't forget a finish of lemon juice

Kimia

Here's a nice one:

4 tablespoons of olive oil (i use chilli oil)
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of fresh coriander
1 tsp of dry coriander
1 garlic clove

Marinate, and then after a while, fry on a high heat until done!

Sonovagun

Try frying your prawns in garlic and chilli, thats my fav!

duploelabs

Sonovagun wrote: »

Try frying your prawns in garlic and chilli, thats my fav!

The thing you have to watch with that is if your garlic turns brown it will be bitter and ruin your dish

boodlesdoodles

I attempted Salt & Chilli Prawns like you'd get in the Chinese during the week but without deep frying them. I scored them down their backs, lightly coated in cornflour then tossed them in a pinch of Chinese 5 spice, sea salt and chilli flakes. I got the frying pan nice and hot and added a small drizzle of oil. Then fried the prawns for 2mins on each side, don't shake the pan just let them alone and sizzle away. If I say so myself they were pretty authentic and much healthier than the take away ones.