Shrimp Maque Choux
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Ingredients
- 500 g raw king prawns, peeled and deveined
- 400 g frozen sweetcorn
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 100 ml double cream
- 30 g butter
- 1 tsp cajun seasoning
- 2 spring onions
- 280 g long-grain white rice
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 633 kcal
- Protein
- 31 g
- Carbohydrate
- 79 g
- of which sugars
- 8.5 g
- Fat
- 20.9 g
- of which saturates
- 12 g
- Fibre
- 5.1 g
- Salt
- 0.87 g
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Method
- 1
Melt the butter in a pan and cook the onion, red pepper and celery stalks for 6-7 minutes until softened.
- 2
Add the garlic cloves, frozen sweetcorn and cajun seasoning and cook for 5 minutes.
- 3
Stir in the double cream and simmer for 3 minutes.
- 4
Add the king prawns and cook for 3-4 minutes until pink and cooked through.
- 5
Meanwhile, cook the long-grain white rice according to the pack instructions.
- 6
Scatter the spring onions over the maque choux and serve over the rice.
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