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garlic shrimp

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!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Spanish
Calories: 200

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

Equipment

  • pan

Method
 

  1. Clean up the shrimps, dry them up, and put them aside. Chop the garlic into small pieces. 
  2. On a frying pan, add some olive oil and chop the garlic.
  3. Quickly fry the garlic, and once it gets a little translucent, add the shrimps
  4. Salt them, pepper them, paprika them and if you like it a little hot, add some red pepper flakes. 
  5. 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.
  6. they will need 2 minutes on each side. By this time the garlic would have been caramelized and everything would look and 
  7. You can potentially deglaze them. Be carefull of the fire if you are cooking with gas
  8. Remove it from the pan and make sure to eat it immediately.
  9. If you think you added a little too much red pepper flakes as I did, just shop some coriander on top!