Creamy Chilli Garlic Prawn Pasta

A rich and creamy prawn pasta dish made with chilli and garlic in just a few minutes

📝 Ingredients

• 800 gram prawns (raw peeled )
• 2 tspn chilli flakes
• 5 large cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 lemon (zest and juice)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 birds eye chilli (finely chopped)
• 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
• 3 tablespoon cake flour
• 4 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1&1/2 cups fresh cream or milk
• 1/2 cup pasta water
• 200 gram tagliatelle (or pasta of your choice)
• 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
• salt
• pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Remove shell of the prawns, rub in coarse salt and rinse a few times. Note that once prawns are cleaned will weigh about 700gram. Squeeze excess water and marinate the prawns with chilli flakes, birds eye chilli, garlic, zest and juice of 1 lemon and salt. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
2. 2Boil pasta in salted water as per instructions on the packet. Cook until al la dente, drain the water. Reserve some of the pasta water to add to the final dish. Return the pasta to the pot to keep warm
3. 3Heat one tablespoon butter, with a teaspoon of oil, in a pan and flash fry half the prawns in 2 batches, 30 seconds on each side. Add another tablespoon of butter and fry remaining prawns. Transfer to a bowl and set aside
4. 4Melt 2 tablespoon of butter to the same pan. Add the flour and cook for a minute.
5. 5Add cream and simmer until sauce is thick, about another minute. Add the pasta water. Add more salt and some pepper. Add prawns to the sauce and let it heat through. Drizzle more lemon juice into the pasta.
6. 6Divide pasta into pasta bowls and add the prawn sauce on top. Garnish with parsley and add some parmesan if you prefer. You can also mix the sauce and pasta together which is recommended if you want all that saucy goodness.