Garlic Pasta with Prawns
- 8 ounces fusili (spiral) pasta
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced
- 8 tiger prawns, peeled and deveined
- Garlic salt, to taste
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley, chopped
Garlic Pasta with Prawns
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 6, 2011.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente.
- Drain, then return to pot.
- Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Saute garlic for 5 minutes.
- Toss in prawns, with garlic salt (to your taste) and cook for 5 minutes on each side.
- Remove prawns and set aside.
- Remove garlic slices and discard.
- Pour oil over pasta in pot and toss to evenly coat.
- Sprinkle ¾ of the Parmesan cheese onto pasta and stir until evenly distributed.
- Transfer to serving dish.
- Arrange prawns on top, then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and parsley.
Makes 2 servings.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per serving (not including garlic salt to taste):
1000 calories, 50 g fat, 10 g saturated fat, 330 mg cholesterol, 700 mg sodium, 81 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 2 g sugar, 55 g protein
