Name: Spaghetti with prawns, chilli & rocket
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g spaghetti; 2 long red chillies; 100ml extra-virgin olive oil plus extra; 200g bag frozen, shelled cooked prawn defrosted; 2x50g bags wild rocket

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Spaghetti with prawns, chilli & rocket

Spaghetti with prawns, chilli & rocket

John Torode

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins - 20 mins

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A fresh, summery spaghetti dish packed full of seafood and spice

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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400g spaghetti
2 long red chillies
100ml extra-virgin olive oil

plus extra
200g bag frozen, shelled cooked prawn

defrosted
2x50g bags wild rocket

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal591
fat25g
saturates4g
carbs75g
sugars0g
fibre3g
protein21g
salt0.26g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water according to pack instructions.
step 2

While the spaghetti is cooking, split the chillies down the centre lengthways. Using a teaspoon and starting at the top, scoop the seeds from the flesh - add these if you like your food hot. Using a sharp knife, cut the chillies in thin strips, bundle them together and cut across to make squares.
step 3

Drain the spaghetti, toss with a drizzling of olive oil and set aside. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or sauté pan over a high heat and add the prawns. Stir in the chillies, season, then add the spaghetti. Remove from the heat, fold through the rocket and stir.

RECIPE TIPS

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This can also be made with canned crabmeat. Simply heat the chillies in the oil for a minute, then flake the crabmeat through the spaghetti as you mix it in with the chilli oil.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2004

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