Lemon Garlic Prawns

This is another one of my original recipes - I love coming up with my own recipes and see how they turn out. Most of them turn out pretty good - some fail miserably. But you can trust me on this one. It was seriously so good! The lemon really tones down the spices and gives a fresh taste to this dish. It goes great with angel hair pasta but you may choose to serve with rice or other kinds of pasta noodles.

Lemon Garlic Shrimp

Ingredients:

1 lb large prawns, thawed if frozen, peeled and deveined
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 carrot, sliced
1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup brown mushrooms, sliced
1 tbsp jalapeno, finely chopped (optional) - Use it only if you want it to be spicy! The lemon definitely tones down the spice, though. We loved it!!
2 green onions, chopped
1 tomato, sliced
1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1-2 lemon, cut into 4-8 pieces

Direction:

In a large pan, over medium heat, saute garlic in olive oil until it browns lightly. Increase heat to medium-high, add carrot, green bell pepper, mushrooms, and jalapeno and saute for 2 minutes. Add prawns and saute until the prawns turn to pink. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add green onions and tomato, and cilantro. Cook for another 2-3 minutes and remove from the heat. Squeeze lemon over the prawns.

Serve over angel hair pasta or your favorite pasta noodles or rice.