I love prawns cooked in a pan in just a few minutes and flavored with plenty of lemon. Unfortunately here in the Netherlands I can’t easily find fresh fish, at least not where I live. So when I go to Italy for holidays one of the first things I do is stock up on fish and cook a few new recipes for the blog, just like this one.
These pan-seared prawns are very quick to bring to the table, they only take a few minutes and are perfect for a special occasion, a party, Christmas or Valentine’s Day for example. Let’s make them now.
You can find other light fish mains here:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Cooking time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2Servings
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 9 oz prawns (or king prawns)
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon
- 1 bunch parsley
- to taste salt and pepper
- Total points = 8 WW points
- Points per serving = 4 WW points
Steps
Here is my haul from the supermarket in Italy: 4 beautiful fresh Argentine prawns.
Wash the prawns well and pat them dry with kitchen paper. Slice the garlic.
Lightly brown the garlic in a non-stick pan with the two teaspoons of oil, then add the prawns to the pan.
Sauté the prawns for about 10 minutes, turning them often, and halfway through cooking squeeze the juice of half a lemon directly over the prawns.
At the end of cooking place the prawns on the serving plate and garnish with chopped fresh parsley and a few lemon wedges made from the remaining half.
A few salad leaves also go well with this and here is a dish that couldn’t be simpler. The pan-seared prawns with lemon are delicious, very light and also nutritious: what are you waiting for? Let me know if you made them in the comments below the recipe.
Enjoy your meal!
by Giovanna Buono
Storage
You can prepare the prawns in advance and then reheat them when needed. They are so quick to cook that I still recommend making them fresh at the moment.
