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Prawns in Provençale sauce

Everyone will love these juicy prawns in a sticky-sweet pepper sauce.

Everyone will love these juicy prawns in a sticky-sweet pepper sauce.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.60 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 547g serving contains

Energy
2133kj
510kcal
25%
Fat
9.4g
Low
13%
Saturates
2.0g
Low
10%
Sugars
12.0g
Low
13%
Salt
2.4g
High
40%
2
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
390kj/93kcal

Ingredients

325g brown basmati rice, rinsed in cold running water

200g frozen petit pois

2-3 shallots, chopped

2 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

1 green pepper, sliced

1 yellow pepper, sliced

300ml fish or chicken stock (made with ½ stock cube)

400g can chopped tomatoes

2 tsp Asda Dried Herbs de Provence

2 tbsp tomato ketchup

1 tsp sugar

300g bag Asda Frozen North Atlantic Prawns

2 level tsp cornflour

Method

1
Put the rice in a pan with 1.3 litres cold water and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the peas, return to the boil and simmer for 5-7 minutes. Drain off any excess water.
2
While the rice is cooking, cook the shallots in the oil in another pan until soft.
3
Add the garlic and peppers and cook, stirring frequently, for another 4-5 minutes.
4
Pour in the stock, then add the tomatoes, herbs, ketchup and sugar. Bring to the boil and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
5
Add the prawns and heat until simmering. Mix the cornflour with 2 tbsp cold water until smooth. Stir into the sauce until it thickens. Serve with the rice.