Gambas - BBQ Prawns

My mum cooks these prawns the best! You can either BBQ them or they taste equally good cooked on the stove top in a wok. This is another one of my recipes where the crusty bread makes yet another appearance.  The juices from these prawns is so yummy you will definitely want to dip.


Serve as a starter or as a selection when cooking a few different seafood dishes to share.  This dish always makes an appearance when we are cooking a feast and that generally means at any given opportunity.


Serves 4

1 kg raw King Prawns

1/4 cup Olive Oil + a drizzle for hot plate

5 cloves crushed garlic

1 cup finely chopped Parsley

2 Red Chilis finely sliced

Juice of 1 Lemon

Salt and Pepper


For those that have viewed the BBQ Baby Octopus recipe, this one works in much the same way.

In a bowl place the finely chopped parsley, garlic and chilli.

Add the olive oil and stir to combine.

Drizzle your BBQ hot plate with Olive Oil.

Place prawns on pre heated BBQ plate and cook until they change colour - should be orangey red.  This should take approximately 8-10 minutes.

Once prawns are cooked season with salt and pepper and mix through the herb mixture.

Squeeze the lemon juice on top of the prawns.

Season with salt and pepper.

Place cooked prawns in serving bowl.

Serve with crusty bread and garden salad.



If you are making this recipe in a wok the instructions and cooking times remain the same,

Enjoy!