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Prawn Savoury

Updated 4 December 2023 Published 19 May 2012 16 Comments

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Prawn Savoury is a delicious risotto made with Arborio rice, prawns, onions, tomatoes, bell pepper and turmeric. Just serve with salad for a delicious midweek meal the whole family will love.

Prawn Savoury on a plate with bowl of salad.

This is another recipe from my old St Michael 1000 Recipe Cookbook (well it’s not so much a book now, but rather a mass of falling apart sections).

I have adapted this recipe slightly and adjusted the quantities to serve 4.

Don’t worry if your rice sticks to the pan towards the end of the cooking time as my husband enjoys these crispy bits immensely! 

When my son was much younger we had this dish all the time as he loved prawns.  One fateful day though he ate one with a shell on it and prawns were sent to Coventry. 

Undeterred, and having missed what was once one of our favourite dishes, I cooked it again the other night.

Everyone enjoyed the meal but I have to admit there was a pile of lonesome prawns left on my son’s plate.  Maybe I’ll try one of the variations next time as this dish is delicious and healthy.

How to make Prawn Savoury

The onions, tomatoes and turmeric are cooked gently for 10 minutes.

Tomatoes and onions softening in oil in a pan.

Then the rice is added.

Prawn Savoury pan shot after prawns added.

Plus stock and pepper. Everything is brought to a boil and then simmered under a lid for 20 minutes.

Pan shot after stock has been added.

The prawns are stirred in and cooked for another 5 minutes.

Finally, the chopped green bell pepper is sprinkled on.

More Prawn Dishes

  • Simple Prawn, Mushroom and Spinach Curry
  • Quick & Spicy Prawn Curry
  • Prawn & Egg Salad
  • Chilli Prawn and Pasta Salad
  • Egg & Prawn Open Sandwich with Lemon Mayonnaise
  • Har Gow (Chinese Prawn Dumplings)
  • Spicy Prawn & Chorizo Rice

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Prawn Savoury in a frying pan.
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Prawn Savoury

A tasty sticky rice dish packed with prawns, tomatoes and onions.
Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 6 minutes minutes
Cook Time 37 minutes minutes
Servings 4
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Light Olive Oil
  • 2 Medium onions peeled and finely chopped
  • 5 – 6 Tomatoes sun ripened on the vine, quartered
  • ¾ tsp Turmeric
  • 400 g Arborio rice
  • 675 ml / 1pt 2 floz Chicken Stock
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 300 g / 12 oz Peeled prawns
  • 1 Large green or red pepper (bell pepper) cored, seeded and finely chopped

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion, tomatoes and turmeric and fry over gentle heat for 10 minutes until soft.
  • Add the rice and stock, stir once and bring to the boil.
  • Add plenty of ground black pepper.
  • Lower the heat, cover with a tight fitting lid and cook gently for 20 minutes until the rice is ‘al dente’.
  • Stir in the prawns, taste and adjust seasoning and cook for a further 5 minutes.
  • Finally sprinkle on the chopped green or red bell pepper.
  • Serve with a mixed salad.

Notes

Variations:
Substitute 6 chopped frankfurters for the prawns, or 300g / 11oz canned tuna, flaked.

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Comments

  1. Paul Wilson

    30/08/2015 at 12:04 am

    Looks delicious.

    Reply
  2. Ursula Hunt

    19/07/2015 at 10:31 am

    Easy and filling dish, great for a mid week meal

    Reply
  3. Jane Davies

    09/04/2015 at 10:30 am

    Love a nice colourful dish on the table 🙂

    Reply
  4. Anne

    04/02/2015 at 7:22 pm

    Its such a lovely colour – turmeric gives such a warming hue to food 🙂

    I love prawns now but was a latecomer to them!

    Reply
  5. Maddy

    31/10/2014 at 7:39 pm

    Love the colours in this!

    Reply
  6. Paul Wilson

    23/09/2014 at 10:29 am

    Looks fantastic.

    Reply
  7. Tracy Nixon

    07/07/2014 at 5:22 am

    This looks delicious! I never really liked prawns until I became an adult but cannot get enough of them now – I often make my own paella with prawns added!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      07/07/2014 at 8:19 am

      Glad you got to like them, I love them too:-)

      Reply
  8. Denise Booth

    06/07/2014 at 11:12 pm

    This is perfect! I actually have a bell pepper and some prawns that need using.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      07/07/2014 at 8:26 am

      Fab:-)

      Reply
  9. Heather Haigh

    06/07/2014 at 12:42 am

    I’m the only person in my house that will eat hot prawns would you believe. But this would be a nice dish to make myself when the family are having one of your lovely pies (no gluten for me sulk). I do love prawns though, and rice, and well, everything in this dish…:)

    Reply
    • Camilla

      06/07/2014 at 10:15 pm

      It’s so annoying when everyone likes something different, I know!

      Reply
  10. richard thompson

    26/11/2013 at 11:11 am

    This looks lush

    Reply
  11. Ursula Hunt

    02/11/2013 at 2:57 pm

    Looks delicious I may give this a go

    Reply
  12. Maya Russell

    17/10/2013 at 8:01 am

    Looks delicious, easy to make and filling.

    Reply
  13. tinkertink2010

    23/09/2013 at 11:12 pm

    Looks delicious – I love prawns, especially with rice. Guess thats why Im a Paella Queen! Yum xoxo

    Reply

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