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Prawn, lemon & chilli courgetti

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This is an easy peasy lemon squeezy recipe and takes just a few minutes to make!

Prawn lemon & chilli courgetti

Preparation Time:10 mins

Cooking Time:5 mins

Serves:2

Calories per serving:371.5

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Ingredients

Red chilli-½ Tsp/1.5g

Courgette-2 Courgettes/448g

Olive Oil-1 Tbsp/15ml

King Prawns, Peeled-180g

Peppers, Chilli, Dried, Whole, Red, Schwartz-1 Tsp/0.5g

Lemon, Fresh, Raw, Average-½ Lemon/57.5g

Soured Cream -2 Tbsps/30ml

Soft Cream Cheese -30g

Dried Parsley -½ Tsp/0.5g

Pine Nuts-7g

Fine Egg Noodles, Sharwood's-1 Block/63g

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Method

Julienne the courgette into fine strands. Peel and chop the garlic. Zest and juice the lemon. Finely chop the chilli. Toast the pine nuts under the grill or in a dry pan until golden brown.

Cook the noodles as per the instructions - drain and set aside keeping warm.

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the olive oil. Add the courgette, garlic and chilli flakes and fry for around 5-6 minutes until softened. Add the parsley, lemon juice and zest and continue to cook for one minute. Add the soured cream, cream cheese and the prawns and continue to cook over a low heat for around 2 minutes until the prawns and sauce are warmed through.

Serve into two large bowls and top with the toasted pine nuts.

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Nutrition Information

Nutrition Data Per Serving

Calories (kcal)371.5

Carbohydrate (g)28.5

Fat (g)18.2

Fibre (g)4.0

Sodium (g)0.901

Fruit & Veg3.3

Protein (g)23.5

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Ceals

Looks really nice Pineapple27 bet it is very tasty.

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Pineapple27 in reply to Ceals

It was!

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Honey101lb

Looks delicious, thanks for sharing.

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IwilldothisthisyearHost3kgRestart Feb 2024

Sounds yummy Pineapple27 😃

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