Spicy Prawn Pasta

Name: Spicy Prawn Pasta
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 handful Pasta of your choice; 1 tray of prawns (fresh or frozen); 1 tbsp finely chopped onion; 1 tbsp finely chopped red and green peppers (optional); 1/2 tsp ground garlic; 1 tsp ground lemongrass; 1/2 tsp ground ginger; 1 little olive oil; 1 knob butter; 1 tbsp cooking sake (optional); 4 tbsp passata; To taste Salt and pepper; 1 tsp gochujang paste

Becky @becky

Alicante, España

This a super quick and tasty pasta dish perfect for a quick lunch. I'm a bit addicted to the spicy flavor of the the Korean chili paste gochujang which has a slightly sweet tang to it and these days is widely available online even in Spain which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago! If you don't have any in your cupboard just use extra chili flakes 🌶 and if you don't have passata, regular tinned crushed tomatoes are fine but you'll need to turn the heat up for longer to get rid of excess liquid.

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Ingredients

25 minutes

2 servings

1 handfulPasta of your choice
1tray of prawns (fresh or frozen)
1 tbspfinely chopped onion
1 tbspfinely chopped red and green peppers (optional)
1/2 tspground garlic
1 tspground lemongrass
1/2 tspground ginger
1little olive oil
1 knobbutter
1 tbspcooking sake (optional)
4 tbsppassata
To taste Salt and pepper
1 tspgochujang paste

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Cook the pasta of your choice while you cook the sauce. Heat the oil and butter in a pan or wok with a pinch of salt and the ground lemongrass, garlic and ginger. When it is sizzling, add the vegetable (I cheated and used frozen chopped onion and red and green peppers - a great way to save time)
2

Add the prawns and turn up the heat
3

As soon as they start to change colour, add the sake, the gochujang paste and thr passata. Stir well over a high heat for a couple of minutes.
4

Taste and adjust seasoning. I added a little more ginger. Add the cooked pasta to the pan.
5

And serve! I added. Lack pepper and some parmesan cheese. If you don't want cheese, add a squirt of lemon. Enjoy!

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Becky @becky

on March 16, 2026 05:42

Alicante, España

Soy inglesa pero llevo ya mucho mas que la mitad de mi vida viviendo en el sureste de España, al lado del Mar Mediterráneo. La cocina siempre ha sido mi manera de relajarme después de un día duro, y también una forma de comunicar a mis hijos y mi familia lo mucho que les quiero. Sea una comida o cena inesperada, un simple aperitivo, un cumpleaños, unas navidades... si les puedo transmitir el amor que les tengo gracias a un sabor especial que aporta un plato que cocino.., pues mi misión como madre, amiga, pareja, hermana, tia.... está mas que cumplida ❤️