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Easy King Prawn & Lentil Shakshuka
Responsibly-sourced king prawns and fibre-rich lentils are simmered with onions, tomatoes and peppers. Spice it up with warming cumin and paprika. In the middle perfectly gooey soft-boiled eggs. It's a feast for the tastebuds!
Prep in 10
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 4 egg (Eggs)
- 2 pepper
- 2 onion
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 460g lentils (Cereals Containing Gluten) (Rehydrated lentils, water, tomato paste, salt, antioxidant: ascorbic acid)
- 5 garlic clove
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 360g raw peeled king prawns (Crustaceans) (King prawn (99%), Salt)
- 4 tbsp sundried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 397
Protein: 33g
Carbs: 35g
Fat: 14g
Easy King Prawn & Lentil Shakshuka
Responsibly-sourced king prawns and fibre-rich lentils are simmered with onions, tomatoes and peppers. Spice it up with warming cumin and paprika. In the middle perfectly gooey soft-boiled eggs. It's a feast for the tastebuds!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out a large lidded frying pan, a sieve & a measuring jug
Get started
- Finely slice the onions. Thinly slice the peppers
- Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the onion and pepper, then cook for 5-7 mins, until softened
Simmer simmer
- Meanwhile, finely chop or crush the garlic. Halve the tomatoes. Drain and rinse the lentils
- Add the garlic, paprika and cumin to the frying pan. Cook for 1 min, then add the tomatoes, sundried tomato paste, passata, lentils and 400ml water
- Bring to the boil, then simmer for 6 mins, until thickened slightly. Season with salt and pepper to taste
Eggs go in
- Stir the prawns into the sauce and simmer for 4 mins more
- Create 4 wells in the sauce and gently crack in the eggs. Cover with a lid and simmer for 5-7 mins, until the whites have set, the yolks are still runny and the prawns are cooked through
Plate up
- Check your prawns are cooked through; they should be opaque, firm and steaming hot
- Serve the shakshuka into bowls. Tear over the basil leaves to finish
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