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Easy dill butter prawn linguine with chilli crisp fried eggs

Plate of linguine topped with potted prawns and dill, next to a fried egg with chilli crisp

Easy dill butter prawn linguine with chilli crisp fried eggs

Name: Easy dill butter prawn linguine with chilli crisp fried eggs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150g good-quality linguine; 250g potted shrimp; 1 lemon; ½ tbsp dill finely chopped; 2 eggs; 1 tbsp chilli crisp; Dijon mustard to taste; lettuce leaves roughly torn

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Keep some potted shrimp in the freezer and you’ll always have an instant pasta sauce to hand. Add a fried egg and you can break the yolk into the pasta to make an even richer sauce

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Make this dill butter prawn linguine, then check out our prawns pil pil, seafood linguine, linguine alle vongole, gnocchi and spinach bake and more easy entertaining recipes.

Chilli crisp is an oil containing crispy bits of chilli and often fried garlic as well. You can choose from a variety of brands – some have dried shrimp in them, which goes very well with the brown shrimp in this recipe above. Or, you can leave out the chilli, if you prefer.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

150g good-quality linguine
250g potted shrimp
1 lemon
½ tbsp dill

finely chopped
2 eggs
1 tbsp chilli crisp

Side salad

Dijon mustard

to taste
lettuce leaves

roughly torn

Nutrition: Per serving (includes salad)

kcal559
fat30.7g
saturates11.7g
carbs43g
sugars3.6g
fibre4.3g
protein25.4g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

Cook the linguine for 1-2 mins less than the pack instructions – it needs to be al dente. Meanwhile, tip the potted shrimp into a small pan and gently heat over a low-medium heat until the butter melts. Scoop out the shrimp and set aside. Turn up the heat and cook the butter until any tiny shrimp bits start to sizzle. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and set aside the lemon. Stir in ½ tsp dill. Turn off the heat and return the reserved shrimp to the pan.
step 2

Fry two eggs in a little oil in a separate pan, adding the chilli crisp – make sure the yolks are still runny. Drain the pasta and divide between two plates. Spoon the shrimp and butter onto the pasta and slide an egg alongside. Sprinkle over the rest of the dill. Mix the remaining juice from the reserved lemon in a small bowl with a tiny amount of Dijon mustard and some salt and pepper. Use it to dress the lettuce on the side and serve.

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