My Favorite Prawn Linguini
This dish is enough on its own, but add a simple salad and warm Italian bread, and you will have a quick and easy feast.
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings (pretty big) 10 minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings (pretty big) 10 minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Fill a pot for your pasta and get it boiling. Preheat the oven to the lowest setting and place your plates in to warm. (My grandmother used to warm her plates, which is never something I think about anymore, but this is a nice reminder, as pasta cools so quickly.)
  2. Peel and slice the garlic. Halve, deseed and finely slice the chili. Pick the basil leaves from the stalks and put to one side. Finely chop the basil stalks. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
  3. Cook your linguini in boiling salted water according to the instructions. Stir it occasionally to make sure none of the pasta is sticking together.
  4. Put a good sized (but not huge) frying pan on a medium heat.
  5. Add a splash of olive oil to the hot frying pan and add the garlic, chili, basil stalks and prawns. Fry together for a minute or two, stirring.
  6. Add the cherry tomatoes to the pan with a few pinches of salt and pepper. Turn the heat up to high and keep stirring so nothing sticks.
  7. After the prawns are pink and cooked through (3 – 5 minutes), turn the heat off and drizzle over a splash of the olive oil.
  8. When the linguini is cooked, scoop out a cupful of the hot water to keep, then drain in a colander.
  9. Add the pasta to the frying pan. Toss everything together, and if the sauce is a bit thick, add a little of your reserved cooking water to thin it out slightly. (This is the genius trick to many pasta dishes that I never knew, but it makes all the difference.)
  10. Have a taste then season with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Cover with a lid or tin foil to keep warm.
  11. Get your warmed plates out of the oven then use tongs to divide the linguini between them. Scatter your basil leaves over the top. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil and enjoy.
Recipe Notes

Let me know if you try this, or any of the other recipes on the Jamie Oliver 20 Minute Meal app, I’d love to know what you think.

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