Easy Creamy Prawn Pasta With Coconut Milk

You will find many prawn pasta recipes when you search on google. Most are made with either tomato or come dairy product like cheese and cream.

The creaminess of this unique and simple seafood pasta sauce comes from coconut milk and oriental flavours.

I use this prawns pasta recipe to feed fussy eaters as part of a fun way to introduce new flavours with the usual food that they are used to in this case pasta.

I would have not added this recipe to my blog had it not being child approved!

Ingredients For Prawns With Pasta

When you think of creamy pasta, the usual ingredients that comes to mind are garlic, lemon and cream. The twist of this recipe is the infusion of oriental flavours which makes it rather interesting and different than the creamy garlic pasta with prawns.

The ingredients needed to make this dish are :

FRESH AND PANTRY ITEMS

⇒Pasta – 200 gms , you can use any type such as linguine, curly, fettuccine, tagliatelle

⇒Shrimps or prawns – 150 gms

⇒Capsicum – 1, diced

⇒Soya sauce – 4 tbsp

⇒Sweet chilli sauce – 1 tbsp

⇒Coconut milk – 1 cup

⇒Garlic – 4

⇒ Olive/sesame or vegetable oil – 2 tbsp

SPICES NEEDED

⇒Chilli Flakes – 1 tsp

OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS

⇒ Lime rind

⇒ Onion greens

SUBSTITUTE INGREDIENTS

⇒ Add any hot sauce instead of sweet chilli sauce or omit hot sauce if you do not like heat.

⇒ Add vegetables such as zucchini, beans or sugar snap peas instead of capsicum for your vegetables intake.

How To Make Creamy Prawn Pasta

Here is the stepwise recipe to make this simple shrimp pasta at home.

STEP 1

Boil water in a pan with salt and add pasta to cook. Once cooked drain water and set aside.

STEP 2 

Make a sauce with soya sauce, sweet chilli sauce and 1 clove of grated garlic. Keep aside for later use.

STEP 3 

Heat oil in a pan and saute garlic for a minute. Add the shrimps and saute on high for 2 mins. At this point add capsicum and any additional vegetables if you are using and cook along with the prawns.

STEP 4 

Next, add the soy, chilli sauce mix made earlier and stir it in with the shrimps and capsicum until it is well coated.

STEP 5 

Add a cup of coconut milk and lime rind and onion greens if using, adjust salt to taste and bring it to boil.

STEP 6 

Cook until the prawns are done. Add pasta and cover well with the coconut sauce. Sprinkle some lime rind and chilli flakes before serving the delicious yummy creamy prawn pasta in coconut soya sauce .

Recipe Notes and FAQ’s

This is not your regular pasta recipe that you usually make.

The difference is that this prawn pasta sauce is made with oriental flavours, which is what makes this recipe an ‘at least try once’ to decide.

Few notes that will help you to make this creamy coconut pasta sauce.

1. Mix the different sauces before hand to make it easy to add to the prawns while frying them.
2. Adding grated garlic to the sauce gives the dish a more pronounced garlic taste. If you wish you can omit adding raw garlic to the sauce.
3. Do not overcook the pasta and it will be cooked further in coconut milk.
4. If the coconut milk is too thick add a little cooked pasta water to it.

Below are few questions going through your mind reading this recipe.

I have tried to answer some but please feel free to leave your questions in the comments and I will get back ASAP.

What type of pasta is best for making prawn pasta?

For this recipe I have used long flat pasta as that is all I had. But from the other times I have made this recipe , I think linguine goes best with the pasta sauce.  You can also use tagliatelle or fettuccine .

Can I use frozen prawns to make this dish?

Yes, you can use both frozen or fresh prawns to make this dish. It is best to thaw frozen prawns to room temperature before you make it.

How can I get perfectly cooked prawns without making it to tough?

It is very easy to overcook prawns or shrimps and make them hard. Follow these tips for perfectly cooked succulent prawns.

I do not like heat? Can I use something else other than hot sauce ?

The hot sauce adds an interesting dimension to the dish. If you are not a fan of spicy food, then you can by all means choose to remove it from the recipe.

Other Easy Prawns Recipes To Try

Prawns are one of the quickest proteins to make, here are some easy prawns recipe for you to try.

20 Minutes Mediterranean Prawns

Spicy Masala Prawns