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    Home » Main Courses » Prawn Risotto | Weight Watchers

    Published: Jun 10, 2018 · Updated: Jun 26, 2021 by Marianne · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    Prawn Risotto | Weight Watchers

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    A white bowl of shrimp risotto

    This tasty and filling Prawn Risotto is just 6 SmartPoints per serving on Weight Watchers Blue, Purple and Freestyle plan.

    It is 7 SmartPoints per serving if you follow the WW Green plan.

    It is packed full of prawns/ shrimp, mushrooms and crunchy sugar snap peas (snap peas) & courgette (zucchini).

    A perfect Weight Watchers dinner recipe!

    A white bowl of shrimp risotto

    This is a big bowl of food for your 6 SmartPoints!

    I find it a filling, tasty and satisfying dish for not many points! My kind of meal 😀

    Each portion uses 55g of Risotto rice but as it is bulked out with tasty prawns, mushrooms, sugar snap peas and courgette it seems like much more.

    A white bowl of shrimp risotto
    Risotto isn't hard to make but it is a little time consuming! It isn't a dish that you can throw together and leave on the hob to do its stuff!

    You need to stir, stir, stir. The Arborio rice needs to slowly soak up all of the liquid. This gives the risotto its creamy texture.

    The whole cooking the sugar snap peas and courgette in boiling water then plunging in cold water may also seem like a 'bit of a faff' but it is worth it. It means that the vegetables remain a bit crunchy and don't turn to mush.

    Of course, you can swap around the vegetables that you use in this Prawn Risotto! If you don't have sugar snap peas you could always use garden peas! If you don't have courgette you can use baby corn. Just experiment and see!

    You will notice that I use 1 tsp of olive oil in this recipe. You can swap this with sprays of frylight and save 2 SmartPoints for the whole recipe (½ a Smartpoint per portion).

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    A white bowl of shrimp risotto

    Prawn Risotto | Weight Watchers

    Marianne
    This tasty Prawn Risotto is just 6 Smart Points per portion on Weight Watchers Freestyle / Flex plan
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 55 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 373 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 2 cups (200g) sugar snap peas sliced diagonally
    • 1 ¾ cups (200g) zucchini / courgette cut into small sticks
    • 1 tsp olive oil
    • 1 onion finely chopped
    • 1 cup (220g) risotto rice arborio rice
    • 1 garlic clove finely chopped or crushed
    • 1 ½ cup (200g) mushrooms quartered
    • 1 lemon rind and juice
    • 3 cups (750ml) fish stock made with 1 stock cube
    • 2 ⅓ cups (300g) cooked & peeled shrimp
    • chives optional
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Boil a large pan of water and plunge the sliced sugar snap peas and sticks of courgettes into the water for 1 - 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, drain straight away and place in cold water to prevent them becoming too soft. Set aside. 
    • Heat the olive oil in a large non stick saucepan and add the chopped onion. Cook over a medium heat until the onions are soft (6 - 8 mins). You will need to stir to stop the onion sticking to the bottom of the pan. If they do start to stick add a couple of tablespoons of water. Add the garlic, rice and chopped mushrooms and stir for 1 - 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add the lemon zest. 
    • Add one quarter of the stock and stir. Let the mix simmer, stirring frequently until most of the liquid has been absorbed by the rice. Add another quarter of stock, stir until it is absorbed, then repeat until all of the stock has been used. 
    • Once you have added the last of the stock, cook the risotto, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes or until the rice is tender and most of the stock has been absorbed. Add the prawns, drained vegetables and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cook for a further 3 - 4 minutes to heat the veg and prawns. 
    • Spoon into bowls and garnish with chopped chives. 

    Notes

    Please be aware that the nutritional information below has been automatically generated and does not account for variations in product brands and types, weights of individual ingredients etc.  It should therefore be considered as an estimate.
    PointedKitchen.com has calculated Weight Watchers Smart Points based on the individual ingredients used to make this recipe and not from the following nutritional information.
    PointedKitchen.com is not responsible for any loss or damage relating to your reliance on this nutritional information.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Prawn Risotto | Weight Watchers
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    373
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    4
    g
    6
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    6
    %
    Trans Fat
     
    1
    g
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    Cholesterol
     
    174
    mg
    58
    %
    Sodium
     
    1373
    mg
    60
    %
    Potassium
     
    786
    mg
    22
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    53
    g
    18
    %
    Fiber
     
    5
    g
    21
    %
    Sugar
     
    6
    g
    7
    %
    Protein
     
    29
    g
    58
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    903
    IU
    18
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    56
    mg
    68
    %
    Calcium
     
    176
    mg
    18
    %
    Iron
     
    4
    mg
    22
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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