Garlic Butter Prawns with Rice

Name: Garlic Butter Prawns with Rice
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 300g raw king prawns; 40g butter; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 lemon, juiced; 10g fresh parsley, chopped; 250g microwave rice

Sizzling garlic prawns in butter with paprika, served over rice.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £3.35 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

2 servings

Ingredients

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300 graw king prawns
40 gbutter
4garlic clovessliced
1 tspsmoked paprika
1lemonjuiced
10 gfresh parsleychopped
250 gmicrowave rice

Method

1
Heat the rice following the packet instructions and keep warm.
2
Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and paprika and cook for 30 seconds.
3
Add the prawns and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, turning once, until pink all through.
3 min 30 s
4
Squeeze in the lemon juice and scatter with parsley.
5
Spoon the prawns and buttery juices over the rice.

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