Spanish Garlic Shrimp: Spain’s most popular tapa! (Gambas al Ajillo)

By The Mediterranean Dish

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels and season them with kosher salt. Set aside.
2. Heat the ½ cup extra virgin olive oil in a pan over medium heat until shimmering but not smoking. Add the 10 chopped garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, for 30 to 60 seconds, until the garlic is lightly coloured. Do not let it brown or burn.
3. Add the shrimp and 1 teaspoon paprika and cook, tossing often, for about 3 minutes until the flesh is opaque and pearly pink. Take the pan off the heat as soon as the shrimp are cooked.
4. Off the heat, stir in the 2 tablespoons dry sherry or dry white wine, the juice of ½ lemon and the ½ cup chopped fresh parsley. Transfer the shrimp and all the sauce to a serving bowl.

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