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Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas

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Lemon and garlic prawn orzo with cooked courgette, peas, tomatoes and grated vegetarian hard cheese.

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55 min490 kcal4 base servingsDinnerPescatarianOrzoFamily Friendly
ContainsShellfish, Fish, Gluten, Milk
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Focus ingredients: prawns, orzo, courgette, peas

Dietary fit: Pescatarian

Serving tip: Use fresh chilled prawns or thaw fully in the fridge following the packet before cooking; thawing is not included in the stated meal time. Cool cooked portions promptly and refrigerate at 0–5°C, ideally within 1hour for rice or rice noodles and within 1–2hours otherwise. Use within 24hours or an earlier product limit and reheat once only until steaming hot throughout; follow any packet restriction.

Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 400g raw king prawns
  • 300g orzo
  • 200g courgette
  • 200g frozen peas
  • 250g cherry tomatoes
  • 150g onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 lemon
  • 15g fresh parsley
  • 40g vegetarian hard cheese
  • 750ml vegetable stock
  • 15ml olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1100ml water

You'll also need

30cm 5l deep saute pan, 3l saucepan for peas, colander, scales, measuring jug, knife, board and grater

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 1: Prepare the ingredients.
    Step 1

    Prepare ingredients

    For more than four servings, repeat batches of no more than four, dividing displayed ingredients and measured method totals between batches. Keep pan sizes and per-batch times fixed; allow extra elapsed time. Use fully thawed raw prawns, pat dry and keep chilled until cooking. Finely dice onion, cut courgette into 1cm cubes, halve tomatoes, crush garlic, chop parsley and finely grate vegetarian hard cheese. Measure 2g lemon zest and 30ml juice. Prepare all 750ml mild vegetable stock at the dilution in the ingredient list.

  2. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 2: Soften the vegetables.
    Step 2

    Soften vegetables

    Heat all 15ml olive oil in the 30cm 5l pan over medium heat. Cook all onion, courgette and tomatoes 8–10 minutes, stirring, until onion softens and tomatoes begin to collapse.

    10 min
  3. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 3: Toast the orzo.
    Step 3

    Add orzo and garlic

    Stir in all garlic, dry orzo and black pepper for 1 minute, coating the pasta without burning the garlic.

    1 min
  4. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 4: Simmer until creamy.
    Step 4

    Simmer orzo

    Add all 750ml hot prepared stock. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook 6–8 minutes, stirring frequently, until orzo is nearly tender with a small firm centre. If the pan dries, add hot water from the measured 100ml reserve in small splashes.

    8 min
  5. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 5: Cook the prawns and peas.
    Step 5

    Cook peas and prawns

    Meanwhile, boil all frozen peas in 1000ml water for 3 minutes after returning to the boil, or follow the packet; drain and discard water. Stir all raw prawns into the simmering orzo and cook 4–5 minutes, stirring, until pink, firm and opaque through the thickest centres; cut the largest to check and continue cooking if any centre remains translucent. The orzo should now be tender and glossy; add more of the measured reserve if needed, then discard any unused water. Fold in all hot drained peas.

    5 min
  6. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 6: Finish with lemon.
    Step 6

    Add lemon and cheese

    Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in all 2g lemon zest, all 30ml juice, all grated vegetarian hard cheese and all parsley.

  7. Lemon Garlic Prawn Orzo with Courgette and Peas cooking step 7: Serve.
    Step 7

    Serve promptly

    Divide all prawn orzo, vegetables and sauce evenly between the intended servings and serve immediately while glossy.