Prawn, chilli and lemon tagliatelle
- Published: 7 Jul 16
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A true taste of Venice in a bowl – juicy prawns, lemon and chilli are tossed through tagliatelle for a prawn pasta dish that’s easy on effort.
- Serves 4
- Hands-on time 20 min
Ingredients
- 16-20 large, sustainable shell-on king prawns
- 350g dried tagliatelle
- 80ml extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small dried chilli, finely sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- Finely grated zest 2 lemons, juice 1
- Large handful fresh flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped
Method
- Remove the heads and shells from the prawns, leaving the tails intact. Butterfly the prawns by running a small, sharp knife down the middle of the back, from head to tail, about a third of the way through the prawn. Remove the dark line with the tip of the knife. Cut a bit deeper to open them out fully if they’re large.
- Put the pasta in a pan of boiling, well salted water. Give it a stir after 2 minutes. While it’s cooking, heat a large frying pan with a glug of the oil. When really hot, add the prawns in a single layer (don’t crowd them), season well and cook for 2 minutes without turning until they’re about two thirds pink. Flip them over, then add the rest of the oil, the chilli, garlic, and the lemon zest and juice to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes, shaking constantly to keep coating the prawns. As soon as the prawns are cooked, remove from the heat.
- Drain the pasta and tip into the prawn pan, tossing everything so the pasta is completely coated in the lemony oil. Taste and adjust the seasoning, then divide among plates and scatter over the parsley. Serve with a grind of black pepper.
- Recipe from June 2016 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 522kcals
- Fat
- 16.8g (2.5g saturated)
- Protein
- 26.6g
- Carbohydrates
- 63.8g (2.1g sugars)
- Fibre
- 4.7g
- Salt
- 0.5g
delicious. tips
Although you don’t use the shells in this recipe, shell-on prawns will have more flavour. Bag up the shells and freeze for shellfish stock or bisque.
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Great dinner scored 8/10 by my husband! I loved it but would use fresh chilli or chilli flakes next time as I didn’t like the texture of the dried chilli even though I’d soaked in water to rehydrate it. So easy to cook too.
This sounds wonderful! I’m a huge fan of tagliatelle, though not so much into prawns. What sort of ingredient would be a good substitute?
Hi Alexandra,
You can substitute prawns with parma ham, crab or broccoli. See alternative recipe options below:
http://deliciousmag.wpengine.com/recipes/parma-ham-chilli-lemon-and-rocket-linguine/
http://deliciousmag.wpengine.com/recipes/spicy-crab-chilli-and-lemon-pasta/
http://deliciousmag.wpengine.com/recipes/easy-broccoli-chilli-and-lemon-spaghetti/
Hope this helps!
The delicious. team