Garlic and chilli prawns with pasta recipe

Name: Garlic and chilli prawns with pasta
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 300g (10oz) pasta shapes; 2 tsp olive oil; 1 large clove garlic, crushed; ½-1 red chilli, finely chopped (to taste); 200g (7oz) cold water prawns; 2 medium courgettes, grated; 1 small or ½ large lemon, juiced and zested; small bunch basil

Marinated in fragrant garlic and fiery chilli, these delicious prawns taste heavenly tossed through pasta and finished off with zesty lemon for a simple yet flavour-packed midweek meal.

See method

Serves 4
5 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook
334 calories / serving

Healthy

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Tesco Macaroni Pasta 500G
Aldi Price Match
300g (10oz) pasta shapes
£0.69
£1.38/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
2 tsp olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre
Tesco Large Garlic
1 large clove garlic, crushed
£0.50
£0.50/each
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
Aldi Price Match
½-1 red chilli, finely chopped (to taste)
£0.51
£8.50/kg
Tesco Cold Water Prawns 150G
200g (7oz) cold water prawns
£3.75
£25.00/kg
Tesco Courgettes Loose
Aldi Price Match
2 medium courgettes, grated
£0.56
£2.78/kg
Tesco Lemons Each
1 small or ½ large lemon, juiced and zested
£0.37
£0.37/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
small bunch basil
£0.50
£16.67/kg

Method

Cook the pasta to pack instructions. Meanwhile, put the oil, garlic,chilliand prawns in a bowl and combine everything together.
Just before the pasta is cooked, add the courgette for the final minute or two, then drain it all together. Return the pan to the heat, add the contents of the bowl and cook for 2 minutes. Put the pasta back in the pan, along with the lemon zest, juice andbasil. Toss together and serve immediately.