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Chilli Prawn Linguine

Added by wench62 | Tue 28 Jul 2009 @ 18:39

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This is my version for a quick very tasty healthy meal and the dressing also works well with salads. I sometimes make it with scallops.

Ingredients
10 – 12 large uncooked prawns (tiger prawns work well or for a change you can use scallops)
3 large cloves of garlic
2 med fresh red chillies
½ a pack of linguine
2-3 tblsp of crème fraiche
2 limes ( juice and zest)
a little chopped fresh coriander

Method

Put on a large pan of water for the linguine, while this is coming to the boil chop the garlic and the chillies ( I remove the seeds), then take the crème fraiche and put it in a small dish then add the zest and juice of the limes ( if it goes to watery add a little more crème fraiche) mix and put in the fridge.

When the water is boiling add a pinch of salt and a few drops of olive oil then put in the linguine.

While this cooks heat a large pan with a little oil in it put in the garlic and chillies and gently fry for a minute or so, then add the prawns and cook until they turn pink.

Drain the linguine well and add to the pan turn of the heat and stir until well mixed add the coriander and serve onto warmed plates, then drizzle some of the crème fraiche / lime mixture on top.

Serve with toasted ciabatta thats been drizzled with olive oil

tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...

1. by amy on Thu 10 Jan 2013 @ 11:49

Yummy is the most fitting word for this recipe. I added scallops and cherry tomatoes and serviced with garlic bread. Quick & easy.

2. by Freya on Tue 13 Mar 2012 @ 19:47

Really tasty and fresh! We had it with an avocado, tomato, coriander and lime salad- complimented perfectly.

3. by Rosanna bennett on Sat 05 Nov 2011 @ 20:12

This is such a tasty dish! would recommend to everyone to try, served for a family of 5 and all plates were clean, so quick to dish up and very satisfying!! Thanks :D

4. by Maggie on Wed 20 Jul 2011 @ 10:02

Absolutely Fabalous, made the same without prawns added lots of cherry toms and I added a half a teaspoon of veg boullion and it was really great - my veg head friends loved it. x

5. by eamonn on Wed 08 Jun 2011 @ 16:18

To right about the limes, one is enough, the splash of White Wine works too, I also<br /> added scallops and 100 grams chopped Chorizo when frying the prawns, a deadly meal indeed.....<br />

6. by Jan on Mon 28 Mar 2011 @ 20:38

I agree with Suzanne on comment number 5. Far too limey, was actually the only flavour I could taste. Would try this again however, and reduce the limes, because it certainly looked good when it was cooking.

7. by Matt on Tue 15 Feb 2011 @ 05:08

Made the meal for the two ladies i live with and they loved it so much the whole family are coming over tomorrow too and i now have to cook it for them! Lovely, simple, delicious - pukka!! Cheers

8. by Hixxy on Sat 22 Jan 2011 @ 09:57

Very nice, though I added my own twist of adding mushrooms and cooking the creme fraiche as a sauce rather than a dressing. Also added tomato puree to give a slightly stronger flavour. 1 more thing - I didn't try this the first time but think it would work quite well - perhaps add a splash of white wine to the sauce?
Thanks for the recipe Wench62!

9. by Wendy Gadd on Mon 10 Jan 2011 @ 18:53

Absolutely delicious! Two of us ate the lot!

10. by Suzie on Fri 19 Feb 2010 @ 20:29

This was totally divine. The prawns were just super-scrummy yah. Absolutely fantabidozey xxx

11. by Suzanne on Wed 09 Sep 2009 @ 16:50

I don't know if I had extremely powerful limes, but this was too limey. One lime would have probably been enough. Otherwise, this is so delicious and a really easy mid-week supper dish. I love the combination of prawns, lime, creme fraishe and coriander. Pop some fresh coriander on top of the dish to serve and it looks really special too!