Garlic Butter Prawns with Crusty Bread
Ingredients
- 500 g raw king prawns
- 60 g unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves
- 20 g flat-leaf parsley
- 1 lemon
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 crusty baguette
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 386 kcal
- Protein
- 27.6 g
- Carbohydrate
- 34.2 g
- of which sugars
- 2.4 g
- Fat
- 14.4 g
- of which saturates
- 8.3 g
- Fibre
- 3.3 g
- Salt
- 1.35 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Peel and finely slice the garlic. Roughly chop the parsley. Cut the lemon into wedges.
- 2
Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a high heat until foaming.
- 3
Add the garlic and chilli flakes and fry for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- 4
Tip in the prawns in a single layer and cook for 2 minutes each side until pink and curled.
- 5
Remove from the heat, squeeze over half the lemon juice and scatter with parsley.
- 6
Serve immediately with the baguette torn into chunks for dunking.

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