Lemon and chilli prawn pasta
- Serves 4
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cooking time: 12 minutes
Calories per serve: 266 Macro nutrients per serve:
- – Carbs 24g
- – Fat 8g
- – Protein 23g
Ingredients
- 4 Lemons (3 juiced and 1 for garnish)
- 1 tablespoon organic clarified butter
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 red onion
- 2 zucchini
- 1 green capsicum
- 5 mushrooms
- 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes
- 120 grams baby spinach leaves
- 1-2 fresh birdseye chilli (to taste)
- 360 grams cooked peeled prawns
- 250 grams spaghetti (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Parmesan cheese (optional)
Method
- STEP 1– Bring water to boil in a medium saucepan, place spaghetti in saucepan, cook for 12 minutes
- STEP 2– In a medium bowl, marinate the prawns in lemon juice with salt and pepper
- STEP 3– Dice onion, garlic, chilli, and capsicum
- STEP 4– Peel zucchini in slices with a peeler
- STEP 5– Cut cherry tomatoes in half and slice mushrooms
- STEP 6– Heat a medium size frying pan and add 1 tablespoon organic clarified butter
- STEP 7– Place onion in frying pan and cook for 30 seconds, then add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds
- STEP 8– Add capsicum, mushrooms and tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes
- STEP 9– Add sliced zucchini cook for 1 minute
- STEP 10– Add cooked spaghetti to frying pan and toss through for 30 seconds (this is optional, you can just use extra zucchini slices
- STEP 11– Add diced chilli and spinach leaves and toss through for 1 minute or until spinach has wilted
- STEP 12– Add a small handful of fresh parsley and toss through dish and remove from heat
- STEP 13– Garnish with lemon, parsley, and parmesan cheese (to taste)