Baked Cheese Prawns

Here is another quick and easy prawn dish that I always like to cook at home. You can serve this baked cheese prawns as main dish with rice or as side dish with salad and dressing.

In my main dish, I served baked cheese prawns with rice, smoked duck (store bought) and tomatoes, lettuce with mayo.

I also sprinkled some Japanese mixed seaweed over the rice.

All you need are simple ingredients:

Printable recipe

10 Large or medium Fresh prawns

1 tbsp chopped garlic

20~30g Butter~cut to small cubes

Mozzarella cheese ~ shredded cheese

Black pepper

Method:

With a small knife make a small slit down the centre of the curved back of the prawns.
Remove the black vein, rinse the prawns and dry gently with kitchen paper.
Line baking tray with aluminium foil and place prawns on it.
Sprinkle some salt on prawns, add butter, chopped garlic, shredded mozzarella cheese and black pepper on top of prawns.
Bake at 180C for 10-12 mins or till just cooked.

Kitchen note: Besides prawns, you can also use lobsters or mussels