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Japanese Salad with Tempura Prawns
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| Prep Time: | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 minutes |
Tempura prawns match perfectly with a classic Japanese style salad. The salad is essentially a cabbage salad with a wafu dressing. Wafu dressings, found in restaurants throughout Japan, traditionally comprise of vegetable oil, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. The cabbage and dressing can be prepared prior to service allowing this dish to be plated and served in about 5 minutes. This dish adds excitement to lunch and dinner menus and offers your venue a point of difference. Labour light, simple to make, this dish is perfect for any venues wanting to provide quality meals with minimal kitchen stress.
Image and recipe courtesy SBS
For our tempura prawns & Japanese salad we use Pacific West’s Tempura Prawns
Product code: 1983 / Portions size 33 gm Ave / Portions per carton: Approx 22 / Carton size: 4 x 700g
Pacific West tempura prawns
INGREDIENTS
- 1 small carrot, cut into julienne
- 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ small onion
- 1½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 4 large white cabbage leaves, finely shredded
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- black sesame seeds and shredded nori (see Note), to serve
- Pacific West's Tempura Prawns
INSTRUCTIONS
For our Japanese salad
Place cabbage in a bowl of iced water and stand for 30 minutes to crisp. Meanwhile, to make dressing, grate onion (including juices) into a bowl. Add remaining ingredients to bowl, whisking to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until needed. Dressing will keep refrigerated for up to 3 days. Makes⅔ cup. Drain cabbage. Return to bowl, add carrot and spring onions, tossing to combine. Season, then toss with enough dressing to coat. Serve cabbage salad scattered with black sesame seeds and nori.
For the tempura prawns
Deep fry 180C 2-3 minutes
Drain cabbage. Return to bowl, add carrot and spring onions, tossing to combine. Season, then toss with enough dressing to coat. Serve cabbage salad scattered with black sesame seeds and nori.
PACIFIC WEST
Tempura Prawns
These premium peeled, tail-on and straight prawns have been coated in a unique bubbly crispy Japanese style tempura coating. With a quality raw material and superb finished look, these delicious prawns are an upmarket product.
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