Seafood Recipes: Steaming Crab, Lobster & Sautéing Shrimp

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Prawn dish garnished with cherry blossom

How to Cook Prawns in an Oven

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Maria Parepalo

A prawn is a shellfish that belongs to the same group as shrimp, lobster and crab. Although the terms are often used interchangeably -- mostly prawn in the U.K. and shrimp in the U.S. -- prawns and shrimps are different species that differ in gill structure and the way they brood their eggs.