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Spanish garlic prawns with peppers and bread
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Spanish garlic prawns with peppers and bread

Sizzling garlic and paprika prawns with soft peppers. Mop up the oil with crusty bread.

Time 15 min
EffortEasy
Per portionΒ£2.86
Calories399 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Cooked king prawns, frozen500 g
  • Garlic5 cloves
  • Peppers2 peppers
  • Sliced wholemeal bread400 g
  • Lemons1 lemon
  • Baby spinach100 g

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, paprika, chilli flakes. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Shellfish, Gluten.

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Nutrition per adult portion
399
calories
31g
protein
47g
carbs
9g
fat
9g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Defrost the prawns in a bowl of cold water for 10 minutes, then drain and pat dry. Slice the peppers and the garlic.500 g cooked king prawns, frozen5 cloves garlic2 peppers
  2. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the peppers for 6 minutes until soft.
  3. Add the garlic, a teaspoon of paprika and a pinch of chilli flakes and cook for 1 minute, stirring, without letting the garlic brown.
  4. Turn the heat up, add the prawns and cook for 3 minutes until hot all the way through (stir in the spinach for the last minute, if using). Squeeze over the lemon and serve straight from the pan with the bread to mop up the oil.400 g sliced wholemeal bread1 lemon100 g baby spinach
The trick that makes it

Keep the heat medium for the garlic. Golden is perfect, brown turns bitter.

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