Garlic shrimp
Seafood is easy when done simply. Let's learn the great garlic shrimp recipe - the Spanish gambas al ajillo - a Spaniard delicacy to die for!
Equipment
- pan
Ingredients
- 500 gr of fresh or thawed frozen shrimp
- a couple of garlic cloves
- red pepper flakes
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- some smoky paprika
- olive oil
- A little bit of chopped coriander for freshness
- a bit of cognac or a type of spirit to deglaze
Instructions
- Clean up the shrimps, dry them up, and put them aside. Chop the garlic into small pieces.
- On a frying pan, add some olive oil and chop the garlic.
- Quickly fry the garlic, and once it gets a little translucent, add the shrimps
- Salt them, pepper them, paprika them and if you like it a little hot, add some red pepper flakes.
- Make sure not to overcrowd the pan as then the shrimps are going to release a lot of liquid and you will be boiling them.
- they will need 2 minutes on each side. By this time the garlic would have been caramelized and everything would look and
- You can potentially deglaze them. Be carefull of the fire if you are cooking with gas
- Remove it from the pan and make sure to eat it immediately.
- If you think you added a little too much red pepper flakes as I did, just shop some coriander on top!