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If you like Spanish tapas, shrimp, and garlic, then Chef John's gambas al ajillo recipe has you covered, delivering smoky shrimp cloaked in a garlic-infused olive oil sauce in minutes. To make gambas al ajillo, fresh shrimp are sautéed in olive oil and lots of garlic with a touch of dried cayenne pepper, which gives the sauce a slight bite. Although optional, the dash of Spanish paprika and splash of brandy lends an authentic flavor. It is sometimes traditionally served sizzling hot in a little metal pan or clay bowl and always with a nice crusty bread for sopping up the sauce.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have gambas al ajillo (spanish garlic shrimp)🇪🇸 using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Gambas Al Ajillo (Spanish Garlic Shrimp)🇪🇸:
- Get 800 gr Raw Jumbo Shrimp
- Get 115 ml Olive Oil
- Make ready 1/3 Cup Chicken Broth/ White Wine (I use Chicken broth)
- Make ready 10 Clove Garlic (Chopped or thinly Slice)
- Take 2 Tbsp Parsley (Chopped)
- Get Fresh Lemon as you need (Optional)
- Take 1 Tsp Ground Paprika
- Get Salt-Black Pepper
Gambas al ajillo is one of the most classic Spanish tapas, and for good reason. Big, sweet shrimp are marinated with salt and garlic, before cooking in olive oil. The shrimp are tender, and the flavorful oil is perfect for sopping up with crusty bread, or drizzling over rice. With fresh briny shrimp cooked together with loads of garlic and olive oil, Gambas al Ajillo or "garlic shrimp" is a classic Spanish Tapa that's soul-satisfyingly good.
Instructions to make Gambas Al Ajillo (Spanish Garlic Shrimp)🇪🇸:
- Pat down raw jumbo shrimp (peeled and deveined) with the tails off. Season the shrimp with sea salt and black pepper. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium to low heat. Add in the chopped garlic and cook it for 2 minutes. Turn up the heat to medium-high and then add the shrimp into the pan. Cook the shrimp for 2 minutes on each side.
- Then add in the chicken broth/ white wine, paprika powder, half parsley chopped and squeezed lemon. After a total cooking time of about 4 minutes on the prawn, remove the pan from the heat and transfer everything onto a serving dish.
- Top the shrimp with the remaining parsley. You can serve this dish with many other foods such as toasted French bread or cooked rice. Enjoy!😉
The shrimp are tender, and the flavorful oil is perfect for sopping up with crusty bread, or drizzling over rice. With fresh briny shrimp cooked together with loads of garlic and olive oil, Gambas al Ajillo or "garlic shrimp" is a classic Spanish Tapa that's soul-satisfyingly good. Serve it with a crusty loaf of bread to sop up all those juices, and you can be sitting down to eat in less than five minutes! Turn the shrimp and let this side turn pink as well. Leave the shrimp for another minute and turn down the heat and serve your garlic shrimp with fresh bread.
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