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Main course · Caribbean

Jamaican Pepper Shrimp Rice Bowl with Lime

25 min Serves 4 ~378 kcal/serving ~£9.80 (£2.45/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-freePescatarian

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Ingredients

  • 500 g raw tiger prawns, peeled
  • 2 scotch bonnet chilli
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 lime
  • 300 g long grain rice
  • 2 spring onions

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
378 kcal
Protein
27.3 g
Carbohydrate
61.6 g
of which sugars
1.2 g
Fat
1.6 g
of which saturates
0.5 g
Fibre
2.3 g
Salt
0.58 g

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Method

  1. 1

    Rinse the rice and cook in plenty of boiling water for 10-12 minutes, then drain.

  2. 2

    Finely chop the scotch bonnet chillies and crushed garlic, and mix with the juice of 1 lime.

  3. 3

    Toss the tiger prawns in the chilli mixture and leave to sit for 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Fry the prawns in a hot pan for 3-4 minutes, turning often, until they turn pink and opaque all the way through.

  5. 5

    Serve the peppered prawns over the rice with the sliced spring onions and the remaining lime cut into wedges.

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