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| Prawn, Chilli and Rocket Pasta |
As this is very quick to cook, make sure you have all the ingredients is prepped and ready to go before you start - there's nothing worse than rubbery, over-cooked prawns
Serves 4
Prawn, chilli and rocket pasta ingredients: 3 cups pasta shells. 3 tablespoons olive oil. 300 grams raw peeled prawns, tail on 3 cloves garlic. crushed. 1 long red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced. 3 spring onions, thinly sliced. zest 1 lemon. 2 handfuls rocket leaves, roughly chopped if large. juice 1 lemon 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley. sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Prawn, chilli and rocket pasta recipe
Pasta: Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling well salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Drain the pasta reserving 1/4 cup of the water, tip back into the saucepan and toss with a little olive oil. Prawns: Heat the oil in large sauté pan and when hot add the prawns, season and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garlic, chilli, spring onions and lemon zest and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add the rocket, lemon juice, parsley and the reserved 1/4 cup cooking water. Toss everything together until the rocket has just wilted then add the hot cooked pasta and combine To serve: Divide between serving dishes and top with a little extra rocket if desired, a drizzle of olive oil and freshly ground pepper. By then, the chilli and rocket pasta is ready
