This Creamy Garlic Prawn Linguine with Sun Dried Tomato is an easy family dinner and it is ready in less than 15 minutes! This garlic prawns spaghetti features pasta in a creamy sauce infused with garlic flavours and sun dried tomatoes. Your whole family will love this creamy garlic prawn sauce.
Garlic Prawn Linguine with Sun Dried Tomato
Prawns feel like such a Summery dish, yet I made them even though it’s super cold and wet here……
This recipe can be made all year round as it uses sun dried tomatoes….. you don’t have to worry about tomatoes being in season. I totally recommend taking the time to buy fresh, raw prawns and peeling them yourself especially for this pasta, it is so delicious! Really kid friendly too, I reckon lamb cutlets, chicken skewers and prawns are my kid’s favourite proteins….. oh and bacon, Georgia loves bacon!
If you don’t have time to do the prawns, just buy frozen pre cooked and add them to the sauce last thing to warm through….. will still be delicious and makes it a super quick and easy mid week dinner then!
Creamy Garlic Prawns Pasta Recipe Ingredients
This creamy garlic prawns pasta recipe can be made with any type of pasta, its just all about the sauce. You could use my Homemade Pasta recipe.
- Pasta – you can use any pasta you like, we prefer linguine or spaghetti, to slurp up this delicious sauce.
- Prawns – I prefer buying medium sized fresh prawns and peeling myself, but if you are short on time frozen peeled prawns are perfect.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil – you can use whatever cooking oil you prefer, coconut oil is good, I usually cook with extra virgin olive oil.
- Butter – organic butter is best and this really adds to the flavour of the sauce when cooking the garlic in butter.
- Garlic – you can increase or decrease the quantity depending on how much garlic flavour you would like infused.
- Sun Dried Tomatoes – you could substitute for fresh tomatoes if you prefer or leave out altogether. You can also increase or decrease the amount again based on flavour preference.
- Cream – I prefer to use, whats called in Australia, whipping cream. This recipe will work with any full fat cream, heavy thickened cream will help the sauce thicken quicker.
- Lemon – this is added for flavour, you can leave out if you like.
- Spinach and Parsley – I add these more as a garnish, so feel free to add more or leave out entirely.
Here are some more of our favourite pasta dinners;
and more prawn recipes
- Prawn Poké Bowls made with a healthier version of the classic creamy, garlic prawns.
- Grilled Prawn Tacos with a crunchy coleslaw and easy 3 ingredient lime dressing.
Garlic Prawn Linguine with Sun Dried Tomato
- Total Time: 12 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 400g linguine or spaghetti
- 500g raw prawns, peeled
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- 6 sun dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 lemon, juiced
- handful baby spinach leaves, thinly sliced
- handful parsley, to serve
Instructions
Cook pasta as per packet instructions.
In a medium fry pan, heat the oil on high heat. Cook the prawns for 1 minute on each side or until they are just cooked through. Remove from the pan; reduce heat to medium.
Add the butter and garlic to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
Pour in the cream, tomatoes, lemon juice, spinach and simmer gently for 2-3 minutes.
Drain the pasta then add to the sauce, toss to coat well and then stir in the prawns and parsley.
Notes
You can add more cream for a more saucy pasta.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
