Fancy a quick, refreshing, low calorie and high protein dinner?
Whip this up in less than 15 mins – the only thing you need to cook is the soba noodles and the prawns and I promise it tastes so good!
It only costs $3 per serving and with tons of nutrients, this is a recipe you should not miss!
Garlic Prawn and Soba Salad
Serves – 2
Time needed – 12 mins
Cost – Approximately $6 for 2 serves
What you need:
- 200g cooked soba noodles
- 200g fresh prawns
- 100g cabbage
- 100g edamame
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp liquid aminos
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cili padi
- Garnish: Spring onions, white sesame seeds
- Optional in video: Sesame oil
How much this cost:
- Soba noodles – $1.90
- Fresh prawns – $2.10
- Cabbage – $0.30
- Edamame – $0.40
- Honey – $0.30
- Liquid aminos – $0.40
- Rice vinegar – $0.20
- Extra virgin olive oil – $0.40
- Not included: chopped garlic, spring onions, sesame seed, sesame oil, cili padi
Total for 2 = $6
This is how you do it:
- Begin by cooking soba noodles according to instructions. It shouldn’t take you more than 3 minutes.
- Cut, peel and deveined prawn. I like to leave the tail on but it’s completely up to how you like it.
- Rinse prawns under tap water.
- To prepare the marinade for the prawn, add in chopped garlic and a couple of sprays of liquid aminos.
- Heat a non-stick skillet on medium high with olive oil and cook prawns, using up the garlic in the marinade.
- Once it’s cooked, set aside.
- It’s now time to prep the veggies.
- Thinly slice the cabbage, cut the cili padi and remove the seeds of edamame.
- In a large bowl, add in garlic, rice vinegar, honey, liquid aminos and olive oil. Mix well.
- Add in cooked soba, cabbage, edmame and cili padi. Mix well.
- Pour salad in a serving dish.
- Lay out the prawns and sprinkle with chopped spring onions and sesame seed.
- Optionally, add in some sesame oil for some flavour.
- Enjoy!
