Quick dinners 🇿🇦 South African 30 min meal

Garlic Peri-Peri Prawns

Name: Garlic Peri-Peri Prawns
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 500g raw king prawns, peeled; 3 tbsp olive oil; 6 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 2 red chillies, finely chopped; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 60ml dry white wine; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped; 300g basmati rice

Sizzling prawns in garlic, chilli and lemon, finished with parsley. Ready in 25 minutes.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.52 a head

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

4 servings

Ingredients

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500 graw king prawnspeeled
3 tbspolive oil
6garlic clovesfinely sliced
2red chilliesfinely chopped
1 tspsmoked paprika
60 mldry white wine
1lemonjuiced
2 tbspfresh flat leaf parsleychopped
300 gbasmati rice

Method

1
Cook the rice following the packet instructions. Keep warm.
2
Pat the prawns dry and season. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
3
Fry the garlic, chilli and paprika for 30 seconds. Do not let the garlic brown.
0 min 30 s
4
Add the prawns and cook for 2 minutes each side until pink and curled.
4 min
5
Pour in the wine and lemon juice. Bubble for 2 minutes until reduced to a glossy sauce.
2 min
6
Stir through the parsley and serve over the rice with the sauce spooned on top.

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