The only after-Christmas sale he was interested in showing up
early for yesterday was the 50% off sale at LA Reynolds garden
shop. You see, he likes to wait until their after-Christmas, 50% off
sale because he doesn't mind buying Plants that look like this...
And, this afternoon we went back for More! I think they look dead... But
he insists they're just, Sleeping. I'm just going to take his Word for that!
All that remains of Bowman Gray's country estate now is his magnificent barn
I love this Barn!
If I could, I would pick it up and take it Home with me!
During our walk he suggested that Instead of making the
cioppino I planned for his dinner, I should just use the Tiger
prawns to make us both some killer-Nachos for the game/dinner
So I told him, I can do that!
Looks like someone Smells seafood!
To make my tiger Prawn nachos we'll need to line a baking
sheet with foil and spread out some Tortilla chips. I like these
bite-size, white corn rounds by Tostitos. They're easy to handle!
Grating some colby/jack cheese using the Large holes on my grater...
And using it to Sprinkle over the tortilla chips
I also grated an equal amount of colby/jack using the Smaller holes
on the grater. This is the cheese I will use to Top the nachos later
Top the first layer of Cheese with diced onion - Now I prefer red onion
but white or Yellow onion will work just as well - I also like to add tomato
and Cilantro to this initial layer too. If you prefer a little Heat on your
nachos this is where you might add some Chopped jalapeno. I'm a weenie
when it comes to Heat so you won't catch me adding jalapenos to any dish
Time to prepare our prawns! First, add a little olive Oil to the pan...
And a tablespoon of Butter too!
After the butter is melted, add your Prawns
Squeeze the juice of half a Lime over them...
And add some Kosher salt
After three-Four minutes, turn the prawns over. Add whatever
lime juice might be left in the lime half, and Top with cilantro
Right here you could decide to splash a little White wine into the
pan and then pour all of this over a huge plate of Fettuccine topped
with grated Parmesan cheese and spritzed with lemon juice - Yum!
But we're on the Nacho-train tonight so half way through cooking on this
side, about two minutes, press 2-3 cloves of Garlic over the prawns
Cook another couple of Minutes and then pour
the cooked Prawns out on top of your nachos
Top with the finely grated Cheese and...
Try not to grab a prawn Before you can get this into the oven!
Bake at 400 degrees for eight minutes or Until the cheese is melty
Top with more Cilantro and more onions
and more diced tomato, if you feel like it
And then... Serve it!
With a dollop of sour cream and some of my Guacamole, please!
Finished off with just a Squeeze of lemon juice too!
There you have it... Week 16, Game-time Tiger prawn nachos, À la me!
