Salads and Appetizers Recipes - Prawns, Roast Peppers and Green Beans with Soy and Sesame Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 red pepper, halved and seeded

• 1 green pepper, halved seeded

• 1 Tbsp sunflower oil

• 100g/4oz green beans, halved

• 50g/2oz lettuce

• 250g/9oz shelled prawns

• 6 seafood sticks, sliced diagonally

• coriander leaves

For the Soy and Sesame Dressing:

• 2 Tbsp Japanese soy sauce

• 2 Tbsp sesame oil

• 2 Tbsp sunflower oil

• 1/2 clove garlic, finely chopped

• 2 tsp English mustard

• 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds

• 2 Tbsp sushi vinegar

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Brush the oil over the peppers, lay them on a greased baking sheet, put under the grill and grill them until blackened. Rub and peel off the scorched skin and slice the peppers.

2. Cook the green beans in a pan of boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes, and drain.

3. Combine the peppers, green beans, lettuce half the shrimp and seafood sticks in a salad bowl.

4. Arrange the rest of shrimp on top and garnish with a few coriander leaves.

5. Mix the soy sauce, sesame oil, sunflower oil, garlic, mustard, sesame seeds and vinegar in a jar and shake well. Pour the dressing over just before serving.

Note: Soy sauce dressings are now available ready-make in many supermarkets but homemade dressing is mush butter.