

Creamy chilli prawn pasta
Author: Niki Bezzant - Founding Editor
Photographer: Bryce Carleton
This creamy prawn pasta recipe for two is diabetes-friendly with a vegan and gluten-free option. Ideal for lunch or dinner, ready and on the table in 25 minutes.
Serves: 2
Time to make: 25 mins
Ingredients
Units: Metric | Imperial (US)
- 160g dried pasta, eg, spaghetti or tagliatelle
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 spring onion, sliced
- 400g can cherry tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes, or more to taste
- 230g prawns, deveined, tails removed (thawed if frozen)
- 150g frozen spinach
- ½ cup lite sour cream or Greek-style yoghurt
- black pepper
- 1 lemon
- fresh parsley, to garnish
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Instructions
- In a saucepan, cook pasta in plenty of water, according to packet instructions.
- Meanwhile, in a frying pan, heat oil over medium. Add garlic and spring onion and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add tomatoes (including juice) and chilli flakes and simmer until liquid has reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Add prawns and spinach and cook another 2-3 minutes, until prawns are cooked through.
- Remove from heat. Add sour cream or yoghurt and gently combine. Add black pepper to taste. Serve pasta with a squeeze of lemon juice over the top, garnished with parsley and extra chilli if you like.
Variations
Make it gluten: free Use gluten-free pasta and check lite sour cream or yoghurt is gluten free.
Make it vegan: Use tempeh instead of prawns and a soy yoghurt.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 571cal
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Kilojoules 2390kJ
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Protein 36g
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Total fat 17g
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–Saturated fat 6g
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Carbohydrates 65g
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–Sugars 14g
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Dietary fibre 12g
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Sodium 530mg
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Calcium 500mg
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Iron 5.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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First published: Jun 2018
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Great recipe – Used pulse pasta and my hisband who dislikes pasta and spinach eat it all.