Prawn, Zucchini & Lemon Orecchiette
Created by ImPat on October 19, 2018
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 12m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #30714
Ingredients
- 375 grams dry orecchiette pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 500 grams shrimp ( garlic prawns, raw and peeled)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 500 grams zucchini (3 zucchini, trimmed and coarsely shredded)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- Parmesan, shredded extra to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook pasta in a stockpot of boiling, salted water until tender and then drain and return to pot and cover to keep warm.
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Step 2: Meanwhile heat oil in a big, non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat and add prawns and chilli and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 to 4 minutes or until just cooked and then add zucchini and cook, stirring for 1 minute or until just wilted and then remove pan from heat and stir in juice and season with salt and pepper and transfer to stockpot with parmesan and stir until combined and serve with extra parmesan.
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Step 3: TIPS - Orecchiette is a small "ear-shaped" pasta and it can be replaced with elbow, bow-tie or small spirals. Raw, peeled garlic prawns are available from the seafoode section of major supermarkets or use raw peeled prawns tossed with 2 minced garlic cloves.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (371.7 g)
- Calories 548
- Total Fat - 13 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.1 g
- Cholesterol - 165.3 mg
- Sodium - 822.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 80.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.8 g
- Sugars - 3.4 g
- Protein - 29.5 g
- Calcium - 221.8 mg
- Iron - 1.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 25.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg