Garlic and Chilli Prawns

Ingredients:

8 large raw shell-on king prawns

3 cloves of garlic

1 fresh red chilli

a few sprigs of fresh flat leaf parsley

50ml olive oil

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1 lemon

Method:

1. Remove the heads of the prawns (you can also peel the rest of the prawns, keeping just the tails - but I like the prawns to have a steamed taste). Run the tip of the knife down the backs of the prawns and pull out and discard the dark vein.

2. Peel the garlic and finely chop with the chilli. Pick and finely chop the parsley leaves.

3. Drizzle the the oil into a small frying pan over a medium high heat. Add the garlic and chilli and fry for 30 seconds to flavour the oil, before stirring in the paprika.

4. Add the prawns and fry for 2 mins on each side, or until cooked through, adding most of the parsley when you turn the prawns over.

5. Squeeze half the lemon juice into the dish, then remove from the heat and sprinkle over the remaining parsley and a pinch of sea salt. Serve sizzling.