Spicy Seafood Pasta

 
 
I am a huge fan of seafood, especially prawns.  Although it has to be freshly cooked prawns.  None of this already cooked and reheated until it tastes of fishy rubber that some places serve up.  I’ve had that a few times from certain restaurants and it just tastes rank!  Seafood doesn’t take long to cook anyway so don’t know why they don’t spend the time cooking it from fresh and serving a tastier dish.  Anyway enough of my waffling and back to my recipe!  This Spicy Seafood Pasta dish is quick and easy to make plus it tastes ah-maze-ing.  The chilli gives off the right amount of heat and you get the lovely sweet and peppery taste from the fresh basil.

If you are following the Slimming World diet then this is Syn Free by using Frylight or spray oil.  If you are not following the diet feel free to replace the spray oil with olive oil.
 
 

Spicy Seafood Pasta

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Spicy Seafood Pasta

This Spicy Seafood Pasta is packed full of flavour with juicy prawns and calamari in a rich tomato sauce with a kick of chilli and chopped basil.  It’s also gluten and dairy free too.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Seafood

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4 People

Author Denise

Ingredients

• 4 Pieces Squid Sliced into rings
• 225 G King Prawns Raw
• 2 Cloves Garlic Minced
• 1 Red Onion Finely Chopped
• 1 400g Tinned Cherry Tomatoes
• 1/4 Tsp Chilli Flakes
• Salt & Pepper To Season
• 1 Handful Basil Leaves Torn
• 4 Sprays Spray Oil
• 350 G Pasta

Instructions

1. Spray your frying pan  with spray oil.

2. Fry your chopped onion and chilli flakes over a medium-high heat until onions soften, then add your garlic ensuring it doesn't burn.
3. Chuck in the squid and prawns, fry until they are cooked.
4. Add the tinned tomatoes and season with salt and pepper, allow to simmer for 5 mins.
5. Tear some basil leaves and put them into the tomato sauce just before the end of cooking.
6. While this is cooking, boil your pasta as directed on the packet. Once cooked all dente, drain and season if required then place into a bowl and add your seafood sauce to the pasta.

 
 
I added some chopped parsley before serving.  Serve with a mixed salad on the side and if you fancy it a bottle glass or two of wine.
 
 

Possible Variations

Use different seafood – you could add mussels, cockles, clams or scallops to this dish.

Make it more/less spicy – adjust the chilli flakes according to your taste.

Change the pasta – I used gluten free linguine but other pasta shapes would work just as well.

Make it veggie – you could replace the seafood for some chargrilled aubergine, mushrooms, courgette and peppers.

If you try out this recipe or anything else from my blog, I’d really love to hear any feedback!
 
 

If you are looking for other seafood dishes:

Prawn Dopiaza

Prawn Pad Thai

Kedgeree