I cooked my peeled prawns with lemon or orange in the air fryer, they’re tasty and light like grilled and tender and succulent inside.
The quick marinade with lemon juice or orange juice makes them particularly fragrant.
Delicious as finger food, appetizer, or as a main course.
And if you don’t have an air fryer or simply prefer you can oven-bake them: peeled prawns with lemon or orange in the oven.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 12 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Air Frying, Electric Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 12 prawns
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch mixed peppercorns (with grinder)
- to taste lemon juice (or orange juice)
- to taste chopped parsley
- slices lemon (or orange)
Suggested Tools
- Air Fryer
- Oven electric
- 1 Baking Tray 10×11.5 inches
- Parchment Paper
Preparation
If the prawns are frozen/thawed, wait until they are soft enough to clean them easily without breaking.
Gently separate the heads from the bodies.Do not discard the heads: set them aside as a base for a possible broth with prawn heads or prawn sauce.
Shell the prawns.
Remove the black thread or the intestine:
• with a sharp knife make an incision along the back of the bodies;
• extract the black thread or the intestine with the help of a toothpick.
Wash the shelled and incised prawns thoroughly under running water and then let them drain in a colander.
Pat the residual water with kitchen paper towels.
Place the prawns back into a colander.
Season with a pinch of salt and grind the pepper, drizzle with lemon juice [or, alternatively, orange juice] and turn them to flavor evenly.
Let them marinate for 15 minutes, then turn them.
Let them marinate for another 15 minutes.
In total, for half an hour, at room temperature.Follow the instructions [temperature and times] indicated in your appliance’s user manual.
Procedure with the Ariete Air Fryer – Fry Healthy [Eurospin]:
• set the temperature to 320°F;
• preheat for 5 minutes;
• pour a drop of oil onto a paper towel and grease the grill accessory;
• remove the basket, place the grill accessory inside, and arrange the prawns on top without overlapping them;
• cook for 8 minutes;
• remove the basket, take out the prawns, and if necessary, proceed with the next batch [it is not necessary to re-grease the grill accessory].And if you don’t have an air fryer or simply prefer you can oven-bake them.
Line a baking tray with a sheet of parchment paper.
Arrange the prawns on the tray without overlapping them.Briefly preheat the oven.
Bake at 350°F in a fan oven for 7 minutes, then check the cooking and evaluate whether to continue for a few more minutes [2-3 at most].Plate up.
Grind a bit more pepper, add chopped parsley, and drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil.
Serve with lemon slices or orange slices.Your peeled prawns with lemon or orange are ready.
Enjoy your meal!
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
Why remove the black thread from prawns?
The black thread is the intestine whose content is not toxic but can spoil our dishes: besides being unpleasant to see and taste, it can contain sand.
Shrimps in the diet
Briefly, it should be noted that they are shellfish low in triglycerides but high in cholesterol and also contain a small portion of available carbohydrates, which is why they are not recommended and included in all diets.
This holds true for all species of shrimps [from large prawns to small shrimp].
In my husband’s dietary plan, shrimps are present and classified as foods to be consumed occasionally.
