mediterranean · lunch

Poached Prawns with Fettuccine and French String Beans

Name: Poached Prawns with Fettuccine and French String Beans
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: mediterranean
Ingredients: Fettuccine; tablespoon of lemon juice; 1 pound uncooked prawns; Salt and pepper; 1 can French string beans; 5 to 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 quart Water

“If you have around 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Poached Prawns with Fettuccine and French String Beans might be an amazing pescatarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.78 per serving. One portion of this dish contains roughly 25g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 442 calories. 7 people were impressed by this recipe. Only a few people really liked this main course. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. A mixture of butter, salt and pepper, prawns, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 56%. This score is good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as French String Beans/ Green Beans, Tomato & Basil Salad, French String Beans and Celery Root Salad, and French String Bean Salad.”

total: 45 min
effort: Easy
serves: 4
ratings: New

Cook along Get the ingredients

Ingredients come from PikaFresh, portioned for your table.

Ways to have it tonight

Cook it, or let someone else do it.

Same dish, your evening. Sign in and Pika shows what reaches your street tonight; you choose.

Cook it yourselfCook-along, step by step

Hands-free steps, timers and a voice that waits for you.

Start cooking

Pika’s pick

Ingredients to your doorEverything, measured

The ingredients from PikaFresh, portioned for 4. You keep what’s already in your pantry.

Build my basket

From a neighbour or a chefHome cooked or PikaChef

When a verified home cook has it in the pot near you, or a chef can cook it at yours, it shows here.

See home cooked

Ingredients

Serves 4

Fettuccine4 servings
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Prawns1 lb
Salt and pepper4 servings
String beans1 can
Butter5 tbsp
Water1 quart

The cook hasn’t declared allergens for this recipe. Check every ingredient against your household’s needs.

Nutrition

Not enough data

Too many ingredients are not matched to our nutrition table to give a fair estimate.

How we estimate: we add up the ingredients using the Kenya Food Composition Tables (2018) and USDA FoodData Central, then divide by the servings. It’s an estimate, not a measurement, and not medical advice.

Method preview

5 steps · 45 min

1
Cook pasta according the packaging directions.
2
Drain and add the string beans and 1 tablespoon butter and stir well.In a skillet add water and bring to boil point and start adding the butter, tablespoon at the time to emulsify. Once all the butter is melted add the prawns and poach just below simmer- until the prawns are cooked and turn a nice pink color. Season with salt and pepper.
3
Remove the prawn leaving the juice in the skillet.

Steps 4 to 5 are in cook-along

Free with a PikaBox account, on the web or in the app.