Tacos are one of my favourite quick dinners. I love to mix it up with fish, halloumi, chicken, beef – anything you fancy! But this recipe is for my ultimate favourite – halloumi and prawns. If you’re not a fan of prawns, then simply swap them out for another block of halloumi – and vice versa if you are one of those strange people who doesn’t like the greatest cheese of all time.

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Ingredients

• 6 small tortilla wraps
• 1 block of halloumi
• 1 packet of king prawns
• 1 small mango
• 0.5 small red cabbage
• 10 baby plum tomatoes
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon of dried chilli flakes
• 1 tablespoon of butter

Process

Halloumi

1. Slice the halloumi into relatively thin slices.
2. Pop them in a non-stick pan on a medium heat.
3. Lots of water will come out – but don’t panic! Just let it sizzle away and you’ll be fine!
4. Using tongs, check the under side of the halloumi slices and if they are standing to brown nicely, flip em over.
5. Do the same on the other side until a crispy layer appears.
6. Once cooked, slice them in half for wee finger slices.

The Sides

1. Slice the red cabbage, add a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lime. Add finely chopped chili if you fancy some spice. Mix well and pop in a wee bowl for serving.
2. Slice the tomatoes and mango into small chunks, add a pink of salt, squeeze of lime and pop in a wee bowl for serving.
3. And that is the sides done! Easy peasy, with a wee lime squeezy.

The Prawns

1. Finely dice the garlic and add to a pan with the butter, a small pinch of salt and chilli flakes.
2. Leave on a medium heat until the butter is melted and the garlic starts to cook.
3. Add the prawns and cook on medium heat until they start to turn pink.
4. After 2/3 minutes, flip the prawns over and leave for another 2 minutes.
5. Once prawns are cooked through, pop in a wee bowl for serving.

The Wraps

1. To crisp up the wraps, pop them in the oven on a tray (see what I mean in the pictures below)
2. Leave for about 5 minutes in the oven at 160°C.

Put it all together…

As you all know, I love using a wee platter board for this kind of thing. Serve up on a board and help yourself to make up your own, adding chilli flakes or sriracha Mayo for some spice!