From the OPR kitchen
Use cooked prawns for a fast garlic and lemon pasta.
An OPR editorial recipe for home cooking. The photograph is a serving illustration.
At home recipes
Garlic prawn linguine
At home recipes · 15 minute
Use cooked prawns for a fast garlic and lemon pasta.
5 min prep · 10 min cook · Serves 2 · Main
Recipe by Other People's Recipes · Published · Updated
The method
- 1Put the kettle on while you prepare the ingredients. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Cook the pasta or gnocchi for the time on the packet; choose a variety that cooks in no more than 10 minutes. Reserve a mug of cooking water before draining.
- 2Warm the olive oil and gently cook the garlic for 1 minute. Add the cooked prawns and 2 tbsp pasta water; heat gently until the prawns are piping hot throughout.
- 3Toss with the linguine, lemon juice, parsley and pepper. Loosen with a splash of the reserved cooking water, divide between two bowls and serve immediately.
Cook's notes & swaps
A little help from the OPR kitchen
These are optional pointers for making the recipe your own while keeping the spirit of the original.
Make it your own
Have the ingredients measured before you begin. Use a quick-cooking pasta so the meal fits the 15-minute window.
A note from the OPR kitchen
An OPR editorial recipe for everyday home cooking. Timings are a guide and depend on your equipment; follow the method and check food is fully cooked. This recipe has not been independently kitchen-tested.
Families who've made this
Add your place at the table.
Cooked Garlic prawn linguine? Share a photo or a few words for the families who make it next. and you could be picked for a future OPR live cook-along. Every post is checked by OPR before it appears here.