On Mothers Day I had a craving for some really creamy garlic prawns, so hubby and Miss Tween spoilt me by cooking some for dinner.
It was so delicious, and I literally had to laugh out loud when hubby found a recipe and it only required on large clove or garlic, he wanted it to be full of flavour so he used a whole bulb, I had to wait to see if it was the right choice! He didn’t go wrong, it tasted perfect!
Once the prawns are peeled, this dish comes together so quickly.
Creamy Garlic Prawns
Serves: 4
Prep Time | Cook Time | Total Time |
30 mins | 10 mins | 40 mins |
Ingredients
- 1kg uncooked prawns
- 1 bulb garlic (12 cloves), crushed
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 115 g butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- salt and pepper, to season
- rice, to serve
Instructions
- Peel prawns
- Heat butter and garlic in saucepan over medium heat
- Add flour, stirring for 1 minute
- Remove pan from heat
- Gradually add stock, cream and wine, stir until combined
- Return pan to heat and stir until sauce boils and thickens
- Sprinkle in mustard and season with salt and pepper
- Continue stirring, when sauce begin to boil add the prawns
- Cook for 5 minutes or until prawns have cooked through
- Sprinkle parsley into sauce, stir, remove from heat and serve
- Serve with rice
By Kat – The Organised Housewife
32 comments
So funny we had the same for Mother Day, but it was atop a nice piece of steak 🙂
Hi there,
I’m 6mths pregnant and have been craving prawns for weeks now. I usually do a basic keen’s curry prawn dish but I saw your posting on this on FB and just loved the idea. I made it tonight and OMG – delish!!!!! A seriously beautiful meal. Thanks for posting it! Loved it!
I’m so pleased you loved it Rachel!! I’d love to see your recipe for the curry prawns, never tried that before, but now it has my mouth watering 🙂
I’d love to see the garlic prawns recipe too!
whoops! I mean curry prawns! The garlic ones look amazing!!
I made this tonight for my husband’s birthday dinner and OMG! It was THE BEST garlic prawns I have ever made!! Thank you for posting this 🙂
Ooh wow that’s awesome Katie, I’m glad that you both loved them!! I’m passing all these messages onto my hubby as he has to take the full credit!!
i made this last night and it was so delicious! my husband said it was like something you would get from a restaurant. i only but in 4 cloves of garlic and that was enough for us. i would highly recommend this recipe and it was so easy to make. many thanks to you and your husband
I am so glad your hubby loved it Wendy, I love this recipe too, one of my favourites! I’ll pass on your message to Mr Organised
Hi Kat
I made this tonight! Beautiful, I switched the cream for greek yoghurt and went for the 12 cloves! The kids probably wont go near us tomorrow! hehehhe. Hubby loved it too!
Oh Katrina I have just made this just for me on Fsther’s Day as hubby is working. I’m feeling a bit guilty eating it on my own!!!
LOL, but it’s sooooo good though!!!
This was my first time cooking prawns, and this recipe was just perfect. So easy and incredibly delicious. Kudos to Mr. Organised. What veggies do you usually serve with them, though? I did steamed cucumber (as I usually do with seafood) but I’d like something different next time.
I must steal this recipe!
sorry but made this dish tonight and seriously lacked body and flavour added french shallot a little bit of red chilli more cream and fresh parmesan cheese and tasted a lot!! betteralso put it over linguine instead of rice anyway try the changes gives a whole lot more dimension to the flavour. From home cook in cairns australia. x
Gotta try this !
I’ve been using this recipe for a year or two now, and it’s definitely a fail proof, better than the restaurants’ creamy garlic prawns… I’m often disappointed when eating similar Dishes out, because this dish sets such high standards! Brilliant, simply marvellous!
Hi there,
Do you use all purpose flour or cornflour and do you use thickened cream or double cream
Thank you:)
Hi Sing, i use all purpose flour and with the cream i just use thickened cream.
Hi Katrina,
Sorry again but did you use salted or unsalted butter for this recipe? I can’t wait to try out this recipe:)
Thank you.
Cheers
Sing
Hi Sing, I used salted butter. Think it just gives it a little more flavour.
Hello! Do you have any recommendations on what I can replace the White Wine with? Thanks!
Hi Huda, hmmm you could try adding a little stock in replace. I have honestly only ever used the wine.
Sub with Apple cider
This is just like the recipe I use, I made it up after having garlic prawns many years???? ago at a restaurant. I just jiggled the ingredients and taste tested to get it right. You can also use this recipe, maybe make it a little thicker adding some fish and calamari inside a crepe. Seafood crepe..yum
Kat, my daughter is severely allergic to mustard. Any idea on substitutes or if you think it could be left out? It looks like an amazing dish.
Hi Megan, I would probably suggest leaving it out. As it is only 1/2 a teaspoon there shouldn’t be a lot of difference in taste.
Curried Prawns
1 tablespn butter, 1 1/4 tblspn plain flour, 2 tblspns powdered milk, 500g prawns, 4 cloves, 2 level teaspns curry powder, 1 level teaspn cinnamon, 1 small onion chopped, 1/4 cup diced capsicum, 1 tablespn lemon juice, 2 teaspns tomato paste, 1 tablespn golden syrup, salt and pepper to taste.
Shell prawns, cover heads and shell with water and boil for 20 mins. Strain and cool slightly. Melt butter and add chopped onion and capsicum. Fry gently, add bay leaf, cloves salt and pepper, curry powder and cinnamon. Mix well. Add flour, mix till smooth. Blend powdered milk with 500mls of liquid. Simmer gently. Add tomato past, syrup and lemon. Then prawns. Serve on a bed of boiled or fried rice. Very old recipe, but beautiful.
yum sounds delicoius, thank you for sharing Robyn
Sounds delish. Can you recommend what kind of white wine to use? Thanks!
Oh my goodness. Made your recipe last night and this was the most amazing dish! My husband and I ate garlic prawns at a restaurant last week, and I decided to hunt out a good recipe to try at home. You have nailed it! Thankyou so much for sharing, this recipe is going in my ‘keep folder’. 🙂