Bang bang prawn meal-prep bowl with cauliflower rice
20 min · 42 g protein · 334 cals / serving
Juicy seared prawns over cauliflower rice with edamame, cucumber, red cabbage and carrot, under the restaurant-favourite bang bang sauce: sweet chili and sriracha whisked into Greek yogurt instead of mayo. Four sweet-hot, crunchy bowls in 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb shrimp, large, peeled and deveined, thawed if frozen
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 3/4 tsp salt, divided
- 2 tsp canola oil
- 2 (12 oz) bags cauliflower rice, frozen
- 1 1/3 cups edamame, frozen shelled
- 1 medium cucumber, diced
- 2 cups red cabbage, shredded
- 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated (or bagged rainbow slaw for cabbage and carrot)
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
Bang bang sauce
- 3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 1/2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce, Thai sweet chili sauce
- 2 tsp sriracha hot sauce, or to taste
- 1 tbsp lime juice
Steps
- Pat the prawns dry and toss with the garlic powder, paprika and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat and sear the prawns in one layer, about 1 1/2 minutes a side, until pink and just curled. Tip onto a plate.
- While the prawns cook, microwave the cauliflower rice for 5–6 minutes, press out the water and season with the rest of the salt; microwave the edamame with a splash of water for 3 minutes.
- Divide the cauliflower rice among four containers and top with the prawns, edamame, cucumber, red cabbage and carrot. Scatter with green onion and sesame seeds.
- Whisk the yogurt, sweet chili sauce, sriracha and lime juice together and pack it in four small pots; drizzle it on just before eating. The bowls keep 3 days and are best cold.
Good to know
Can I use cooked prawns?
Yes, and it turns this into a no-cook bowl: thaw cooked, peeled prawns, pat them dry and toss them with the spices. Do not reheat them, or they turn rubbery.
Why yogurt instead of mayo?
The restaurant sauce is mayonnaise with sweet chili. Greek yogurt keeps the same creamy sweet-hot taste with a fresh tang. Swapping the yogurt for 100 g (scant 1/2 cup) of light mayo is closer to the original, at about 76 instead of 84.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 61
- Protein
- (51%)
- 8 g
- Fat
- (21%)
- 1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (29%)
- 5 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 161 mg
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As written, 1337 kcal goes into the pot and 2377 g of ingredients comes out as about 2205 g of food: 61 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.