Highline Fish Co

Recipe: Spiced Up Prawns and Salsa

 Recipe photo. Taken fresh on a local BC fishing boat.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound prawns
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 teaspoons chopped jalapeño peppers, fresh or pickled
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice, divided
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
  • 3/4 cup finely chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped red pepper
  • 1 tbsp tequila
  • 1/2 cup corn kernels
  • 1/2 cup black beans
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Lime wedges
  • Tortilla chips

When it’s just the two of us, we use a large flat bowl for presentation instead of individual glasses.

Directions

  1. Chill 4 cocktail glasses to be used for serving.
  2. Peel prawns, place into a bowl, marinate with oil, jalapeños, and 1 tablespoon lime juice.
  3. Cover and refrigerate for 30-90 minutes.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine red pepper, onion, tomato, corn, black beans, remaining lime juice, tequila, cilantro and salt and pepper.
  5. Cover and chill.
  6. Place prawns on a greased grill over medium high heat, cook till pink
  7. To serve, rim your chilled glasses with salt, divide the salsa among the glasses, top with the grilled prawns, garnish with a lime wedge.
  8. Serve with tortilla chips.

Our Fresh Fish, Prawns and Shrimp

Black Cod

Black Cod or (Sablefish) is renowned for its buttery flavour.

Frozen Black Cod

Black cod is such a treat. Now you can have it year round.

Frozen Halibut

Frozen halibut adapts well to many types of cooking, making it the perfect choice when stocking your freezer.

Frozen Ling Cod

Tasty versatile fish. Perfect for fish and chips.

Frozen Red Snapper

Pacific Red Snapper is hard to beat. Yelloweye Rockfish (YE / Pacific Red Snapper) is a delicious and healthy fish.

Frozen Rock Cod

Delicate but flavourful fish, similar in taste to Red Snapper.

Frozen Salmon

We offer frozen Spring, Coho, and Sockeye salmon. It's delicious and nutritious!

Frozen Sockeye Lox

Frozen cold smoked sockeye salmon (sockeye lox).

Frozen Tuna

Wild albacore tuna is not only delicious, it's rich in heart-smart omega-3 fatty acids.

Frozen Tuna Lox

Frozen cold smoked tuna (tuna lox).

Halibut

Chefs love Pacific halibut for its mild, sweet taste and firm texture, which adapts well to many types of cooking.

Ling Cod

The lingcod is a popular eating fish, and is thus prized by anglers.

Pacific Red Snapper

Yelloweye Rockfish (YE), or Pacific Red Snapper, is a delicious and healthy fish.

Prawns

Spot prawns are the largest shrimp found in Canada's west coast waters.

Rock Cod

Delicate but flavourful fish, excellent baked, poached or sautéed.

Salmon

The fish that made Campbell River famous. Salmon is a treat!

Shrimp

Sweet shrimp will leave you wanting more. It's like candy on salad!

Tuna

Wild albacore tuna is not only delicious, it's rich in heart-smart omega-3 fatty acids.

Sign Up for the Fresh Sheet!

When you sign up for the Fresh Sheet, you'll receive an email update whenever we are going to be bringing fresh fish and shrimp to the docks. You'll also get a heads up on any special offers.