Dinner for 4
Chilli Prawn Linguine
Linguine cooks with sugar snap peas, then joins garlicky chilli prawns, tomatoes, basil, lime zest, and a creamy finish.
Typical price
$14.08for 4 servings
$3.52 per serving$14.08 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Photo: TheMealDB
- 30 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 4servings as written
- $$$typical cost tier
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta$0.10/oz typical | 10 oz | $0.99Typical price |
| Fresh peas and snap peas$3.49/lb typical | 0.45 lb | $1.54Typical price |
| Garlic$0.75 each typical | 0.25 | $0.15Typical price |
| Poblano and other fresh chiles$0.60 each typical | 1 | $0.60Typical price |
| Shrimp$7.99/lb typical | 0.75 lb | $5.99Typical price |
| Cherry and grape tomatoes$0.30/oz typical | 7.25 oz | $2.16Typical price |
| Fresh herbs (cilantro, parsley, basil)$1.49 each typical | 0.5 | $0.74Typical price |
| Romaine and salad greens$2.49 each typical | 0.5 | $1.25Typical price |
| Sour cream or plain yogurt$0.14/oz typical | 1 oz | $0.15Typical price |
| Lemons and limes$0.60 each typical | 0.5 | $0.30Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $14.08 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oilSugar and brown sugar
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 280 g linguine pasta
- 200 g sugar snap peas
- 2 tblsp olive oil
- 2 cloves chopped garlic clove
- 1 large red chilli
- 24 skinned king prawns
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 1 handful basil leaves
- leaves lettuce
- 2 tbsp fromage frais
- grated zest of 2 lime
- 2 tsp caster sugar
Steps
- Boil a large pot of salted water, cook the linguine for 9 minutes, and add the sugar snap peas for the final 2 minutes.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat for 1 minute.
- Cook the garlic and sliced chilli in the skillet for 2 minutes.
- Add the prawns and cherry tomatoes, and cook for 5 minutes until the prawns reach 145 F and the tomatoes soften.
- Drain the pasta and peas, then toss them with the skillet mixture, basil, fromage frais, lime zest, and sugar.
Swaps
- Shrimp for White fish (tilapia, cod, haddock)about $1.00/lb less at typical prices
- Sour cream or plain yogurt for Yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
- Pasta for Egg noodlesabout $0.04/oz more at typical prices
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