Watermelon skewers with chilli and lime recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Watermelon makes a refreshing and healthy snack – here we've jazzed it up with a citrussy kick thanks to a quick salt, lime and chilli marinade. Threaded on to skewers, this snack is fun to eat too – keep cool in the fridge for when you need a pick-me-up.
See method- Makes 5 skewers
- Takes 10 mins
- 24 calories / serving
- Dairy-free
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Vegetarian
- Healthy
Ingredients
- ¼ tsp sea salt flakes
- ½ tsp caster sugar
- ½ tsp mild chilli powder
- zest of 1½ limes
- 300g pack watermelon chunks
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 100kJ 24.0kcal
- Fat
- 0g
- Saturates
- 0g
- Salt
- 0.3g
- Sugars
- 5g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 5.1gProtein 0.3gFibre 0.3g
Method
- Using a pestle and mortar, grind together the salt flakes, caster sugar, chilli powder and the zest from 1 lime to a fine powder.
- Divide the watermelon chunks between 5 long skewers. Sprinkle the chilli-salt mix over the watermelon pieces, then grate over the remaining lime zest to serve. Will keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.
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