Easiest Way to Make Delicious Prawn olio

Prawn olio. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente. Heat a large frying pan/skillet over medium-high heat then add the oil and garlic.

Cooking Aglio e Olio is definitely not difficult, requiring very basic ingredients. Check out my tips for making basic Aglio Olio here. The extra step of boiling the prawn heads and shells will add some umami-ness to the Aglio Olio, but you can skip this step and use pasta water if out of time. You can cook Prawn olio using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Prawn olio

1. It's of spaghetti.
2. It's of big red onion, diced.
3. You need of garlic, diced.
4. You need of chicken stock.
5. You need of fresh prawns peeled and cleaned.
6. You need of diced yellow bell pepper (opt).
7. You need of button mushroom, sliced.
8. You need of Crushed black pepper.
9. It's of Salt.
10. It's of chili flakes.
11. It's of olive oil (you can also use vegetable oil, works better for this recipe).
12. You need of butter (opt).
13. It's of dried basil and parsley.
14. Prepare of chopped fresh parsley.

Drain and set aside the pasta, reserving some of the pasta water if not making prawn stock. Remove the prawns' heads and shells (keep them to make stock). De-vein the prawns and place them in a small bowl. Rinse the prawns and pat-dry thoroughly with paper towels.

Prawn olio step by step

1. Cook spaghetti in boiled water. (Follow as told in packet instructions). Add some salt and olive oil, toss and put aside..
2. Season prawns with salt and black pepper..
3. Heat up oil over medium heat in frying pan. Add in shrimp. Cook and put it aside..
4. Using the same oil, put in diced red onion. After 1 min, add in diced garlic. (If oil is not enough, add butter).
5. When onion starts to sweat, add in diced bell pepper..
6. Season the oil with salt and black pepper. Add in chicken stock cube..
7. When the bell peppers softens, add in the mushrooms, dried parsley and bayleaf..
8. When mushrooms are cooked, add in the spagethi noodles, chili flakes and chopped parsley..
9. Add in the prawns and stir untill combine..
10. Serve..

Heat a large, nonstick skillet over medium high heat, then add half of the shrimp. Remove shrimp to a warm platter and repeat process with remaining. Heat a skillet on medium heat and add the olive oil. Cook the shrimp until both sides turn white, then add the spaghetti and water into the skillet. Combine garlic and olive oil in a cold skillet.