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Garlic butter prawns with tomato orzo
Juicy garlic prawns over a tomato-braised orzo with a basil finish.
Ingredients
Servings 2
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Method
- Step 1
Soften the onion in the oil; add orzo, tomatoes, stock and chilli.
- Step 2
Simmer 12 minutes, stirring, until creamy.
- Step 3
Foam the butter with garlic; add prawns 3 minutes until pink.
- Step 4
Prawns and their butter over the orzo; zest and basil last.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 560 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 30g |
| Carbohydrates | 62g |
| – of which sugars | 9g |
| Fibre | 6g |
| Fat | 21g |
| – of which saturates | 9g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.4g |
| Calcium | 120mg |
| Iron | 3.4mg |
| Salt | 1.2g |
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