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Easy Prawn and Rocket Spaghetti
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Easy Prawn and Rocket Spaghetti

Quick, simple and delicious, this Easy Prawn and Rocket Spaghetti is the perfect meal to make when time is short, but you still want to eat well. This recipe tastes like something you'd get from a really good Italian restaurant and yet it takes just 15 minutes from start to finish!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 471kcal
Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

  • 300 g spaghetti
  • 2 cloves garlic finely sliced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes (or more if you like things hot!)
  • 450 g raw peeled jumbo king prawns (defrost first, if frozen)
  • 100 ml white wine
  • 150 g passata
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1  lemon zest and juice
  • 60 g rocket (arugula)
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • First, cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions / your own preferences.
  • While the spaghetti is cooking, peel and finely slice the 2 garlic cloves. Put the olive oil into a wide and reasonably deep saucepan, together with the garlic and dried chillies and fry on a very low heat for 2 minutes. Do not allow the garlic to burn!
  • Add the raw prawns and fry for a further 2 minutes turning once to ensure they go pink on both sides. (See Note 1.)
  • Add the wine and turn up the heat. Allow to bubble for 1 minute, then add the passata and some salt and pepper and bubble away for 2 more minutes.
  • Add the juice of half a lemon (having first zested the lemon - it’s nigh on impossible to do afterwards!) and turn the heat off.
  • Check the spaghetti. It should be just about done by now. Drain and add to the sauce and mix together.
  • Finally add a good handful of rocket (arugula) to the spaghetti and mix again. Serve with a handful of rocket on top as a garnish and a sprinkle of lemon zest.

Notes

  1. If you have pre-cooked prawns I would add them in a bit later to avoid over cooking them, probably at the same time as the passata and then continue as above.
  2. Not suitable for freezing.
  3. Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 471kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 284mg | Sodium: 899mg | Potassium: 543mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 627IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 222mg | Iron: 5mg