Dinner Idea #2
Spicy Prawn Spaghetti
Spicy Prawn Spaghetti
Spicy, zesty and fresh this is a quick and easy dinner recipe that’s perfect for quick mid-week meals. It’s filling and healthy too, plus you can easily adjust the spice level as needed to suit your taste buds or make it milder for feeding the family.
You can serve this with garlic bread or focaccia, and pair with a nice white wine for date night too. The lemon zest adds a real freshness to the sauce and the sundried tomatoes add more depth of flavor to the sauce. So whether you’re feeling spicy or mild, this sauce will pack in heaps of flavor either way.
Ingredients
400g Spaghetti
200g Prawns
150g Cherry tomatoes
3 Cloves of garlic
3 tbs Olive Oil
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
2 tins of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp of chili flakes or 1 chopped red chili
3 Sundried tomatoes
1 tsp paprika
Zest of 1 lemon
Notes
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 4
For The Prawns
We’re using raw king prawns for this recipe, but you can also substitute cooked prawns and just reduce the frying time by 2 minutes, so they’re heated through and infused with the garlic. You can also use frozen prawns in this recipe, as buying frozen tends to be cheaper, just make sure they’re thoroughly defrosted before use.
About the Spice
You can adjust the spice level of this recipe to your own tastes by increasing or decreasing the amount of chili. One fresh chopped red chili usually works well, but if you like it hotter just add an extra chili or some dried chili flakes to get the spice level just right. If opting for fresh chilis make sure you remove the seeds and chop it finely – or you can wiz the sauce in a blender to make sure it’s nice and smooth.
Method
- Start by adding the 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped), chopped chili and oil to a saucepan and cook for 2 minutes until the garlic is just starting to brown.
- Add the tinned tomatoes and sundried tomatoes to a blender and blend until smooth – if you don’t have a blender just chop your sundried tomatoes finely.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, and lemon zest to the garlic and chili and simmer on a medium heat for 15 minutes. Taste the sauce to check the spice level now, if it’s not hot enough add in an extra chopped chili or some dried chili flakes.
- While the sauce is simmering, add the spaghetti to a new pan, add boiling water and boil for 10 minutes.
- While the spaghetti cooks, add your prawns to a frying pan and heat with 1 tbs of olive oil, and one finely chopped garlic clove, paprika, sliced cherry tomatoes and a little lemon zest . Fry for 6 minutes on a medium high heat until the prawns are cooked through and the tomatoes are softened.
- Drain the spaghetti and return to the pan. Pour over your sauce and stir well. You can mix in the zesty prawns now too, or add these on top of each plate to serve.
Tuck In!
That’s all there is to it! It’s a quick and easy dinner idea that you can have on the table in less that 30 minutes. If you need more random recipe ideas, then head back to the homepage to spin the meal wheel for more recipes, or if you’re wanting more healthy recipe inspiration, try spinning the healthy wheel instead.
