Prawn Pasta
A quick and easy Italian prawn pasta recipe - spicy prawn pasta with fresh spinach, sweet sun-dried tomatoes and a kick of chilli make this a healthy, easy midweek dinner - ready to eat in just 15 minutes!
Garlic prawn pasta is one of my favourite quick and easy pasta recipes to cook. It's super flavoursome and really easy to prepare and cook. Just what's needed for busy weeknights.
Equipment Needed
- Chopping board
- Sharp vegetable knife
- Tablespoon
- Cup
- Grater or lemon zester
- Large skillet pan or frying pan
- Saucepan for the pasta
- Colander
Prawn Pasta Ingredients
You'll just need a handful of tasty ingredients to make our delicious chilli prawn pasta recipe
- 150g wholewheat spaghetti
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic - finely chopped
- 1 red chilli - finely sliced, you can deseed the chilli too if you prefer your pasta dish to have less of a spicy kick!
- 300g raw king prawns
- 10 sun dried tomatoes - roughly chopped, I usually buy a jar of antipasti tomatoes for this recipe or pick some up from the deli-counter.
- 2 cups of baby leaf spinach - roughly chopped
- zest of a lemon
- pinch sea salt
- pinch cracked black pepper
How To Make Spicy Prawn Pasta
You are just going to love how quick and simple our chilli prawn spaghetti recipe is to make!
Step One - put the spaghetti on to cook
- Firstly, put the spaghetti into a pan of salted boiling water and whilst it simmers away prepare the sauce.
Step Two - make the garlic prawn pasta sauce
- Add a splash of olive oil to a large frying pan, tip in the garlic and chilli and cook for a minute.
- Then add the chopped sun dried tomatoes and prawns. Fry for 5-6 minutes until everything is heated through and cooked properly.
Step Three - add the spaghetti and chopped spinach to the chilli prawn pasta sauce
- Drain the spaghetti and toss it through the sauce along with the chopped spinach. The spinach will wilt in the heat.
Step Four - serve the spicy prawn pasta
- Serve your yummy garlic and chilli prawn pasta in warmed bowls and scatter with lemon zest and lots of black pepper.
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How To Make Spicy Prawn Pasta Differently
Okay, so we've given you a simple chilli prawn spaghetti recipe but you can easily mix things up to create a dish of your own!
- skip the chilli and add a spoonful of pesto for a milder flavour
- switch spinach for rocket or other greens.
- save time on chopping and buy sun dried tomato paste and just add a good squirt.
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What Side Dishes Go With Pasta?
When it comes to serving up chilli prawn pasta you can't go wrong with a couple of side dishes of salad. You could try...
- A fresh green salad simply dressed with a squeeze of lemon juice and drizzle of olive oil.
- Tomato salad with a balsamic glaze
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Prawn Pasta
Delicious, quick and easy prawn pasta recipe
Ingredients
- 150g wholewheat spaghetti
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 clove garlic - finely chopped
- 1 red chilli - finely sliced
- 300g king prawns
- 10 sun dried tomatoes - roughly chopped
- 2 cups spinach - roughly chopped
- zest of a lemon
- pinch sea salt
- pinch cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the spaghetti - put the spaghetti in a large pan of salted boiling water - stir regularly to stop it sticking together - it should take around 10 minutes to cook.
- Meanwhile add a splash of olive oil to a large frying pan. Tip in the garlic and chilli and cook for a minute.
- Add the prawns and sun dried tomatoes and heat until the prawns are lovely and pink and cooked through properly.
- Drain the pasta and toss into the pan with the sauce, add the chopped spinach and let it wilt in the heat.
- Serve in pasta bowls scattered with lemon zest and black pepper.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 716Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 367mgSodium: 2615mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 9gSugar: 9gProtein: 64g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
