Best Prawn Saganaki Recipes

PRAWN SAGANAKI

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No need to visit Greece for your saganaki fix. Make it at home. My prawn saganaki recipe uses fresh prawns, tomatoes and Greek feta. Don't forget the ouzo!

Provided by Peter G

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

250 g prawns (fresh, cleaned deveined and tails left intact)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 red onion (finely diced)
2 cloves garlic (finely minced)
1 long red chilli (finely chopped)
1 pepper (bullhorn variety, finely sliced)
3 tbsp ouzo
200 g tomatoes (or 2 large tomatoes pureed in a blender)
1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley (finely chopped)
100 g feta cheese
salt and pepper for seasoning

Steps:

Heat the olive oil on medium heat in a large deep frying pan. Once heated through add the onion, garlic and chillis. Allow the mixture to soften and become translucent after a few mins.
Add the prawns and saute gently for a few mins.
Add the ouzo, tomatoes, parsley, salt and pepper and allow the mixture to come to a boil. Once it reaches boiling point, turn the temperature down to a medium-low simmer. Cook for 10 mins.
Transfer the prawn saganaki mixture to oven-safe ceramic bowls and crumble the feta on top. Place under a hot grill (broiler) until the feta melts and oozes into the sauce.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serve, Calories 303 kcal, Carbohydrate 7 g, Protein 18 g, Fat 20 g, SaturatedFat 6 g

PRAWN SAGANAKI

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In Greek cuisine, saganaki is any one of a variety of dishes prepared in a small frying pan, the best-known being an appetizer of fried cheese. We're raising the bar for this recipe by adding prawns and lots of fresh feta! Serve with crusty bread.

Provided by Angie

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood Shrimp

Time 50m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
½ cup white wine
1 (13.5 ounce) jar tomato and olive pasta sauce (such as Papayiannides® Tomato & Olive & Ouzo Sauce)
1 ½ pounds prawns, peeled and deveined, tail on
½ cup crumbled Greek feta cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir tomato paste into onion mixture; cook and stir for 1 minute.
Pour wine into tomato mixture; simmer until liquid is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Stir tomato sauce into wine mixture and simmer until mixture is thick, about 10 minutes.
Spread tomato mixture into the base of a 6-cup baking dish; top with prawns and sprinkle evenly with feta cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until prawns are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 10 minutes; top with parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 341.4 calories, Carbohydrate 19.7 g, Cholesterol 277.5 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 33 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 967.5 mg, Sugar 11.7 g