crevette au beurre d’ail | butter garlic prawns

Let’s whip some delicious french cuisine with me. Today we will try crevette au beurre d’ail/butter garlic prawns.

About Prawns/shrimps

Prawns are a very famous seafood, also known as ‘shrimp.’ They have a very thin exoskeleton, which is generally removed while cleaning. A prawn body is divided into three segments: the head, thorax, and abdomen. Normally we remove the head and exoskeleton while eating. But in some parts of the world, people prefer to cook it along with heads. It is found in both cold water & warm water and can also be farmed. Mostly the Cold water varieties tend to be smaller. One can find thousands of different varieties of prawns, but in France, the UK & other European countries, you are most likely to see tiger prawns, king, North Atlantic prawns, etc.

Name: crevette au beurre d’ail/ garlic butter prawns

Cuisine: French

Course: appetizer/main course

Origin: France

About butter garlic prawns

This luscious french dish is very easy to prepare and uses only a few simple ingredients like butter & garlic. Garlic, butter, and prawn is an absolute combo and will end up in a juicy and delightful dish.

Nutritional Benefits of Prawns

1 cup or 147g of cooked prawns provides: 224 calories

approx
• 15.4g protein
• 0.9g fat
• 1mg iron
• 1 mg zinc
• 30mcg selenium
• 13mcg iodine
• 1.47g salt

Health benefits of eating prawns

Some of the health benefits of eating prawns are:

1. It is rich in Vitamin B12, and deficiency of Vitamin B12 can lead to various health problems such as weakness, fatigue & depression. So a good portion of prawns in your diet will enrich the vitamin B12 requirement of your body.
2. It is low in calorie and fat content. Thus it helps in your weight loss journey and can also help build muscles.
3. Prevents cancer- As per research & studies, it is found that Prawns are a rich source of Selenium, a chemical substance that prevents the growth of cancer cells in your body.
4. Improves Your Immune System– Being high in zinc content can help improve your immune health.
5. It can help fight diseases like Alzheimer’s & heart problems – Prawns consist of fatty acids, which can help you protect against Alzheimer’s. Also, research proved that regular intake of prawns would improve your heart condition and put heart diseases at bay.
6. Help build strong bones– Being a rich source of Calcium, its regular consumption in your diet will provide the appropriate amount of calcium for your body.

Now that we have learned a lot about its nutritional value and health benefits, let’s prepare this dish with me.

Preparation of crevette au beurre d’ail

To make these lip-smacking Garlic butter prawns. First, you have to clean your prawns and wash them thoroughly. Now in a skillet, pour some butter and saute the prawns for 1-2 minutes on high- medium heat. Remove them, add more butter, and chopped garlic, saute for a minute, chopped shallots/ red onion, and saute for a minute. Add chilly flakes, black pepper powder, and salt, mix well, and then add prawns. mix well o high heat for 2-3 minutes. cover and cook for 5 more minutes. now add chopped spring onions, mix well and serve hot with steamed rice or noodles. Check other prawn recipes on my blog.