Sizzling Spanish Garlic Prawns Tapas Style Recipes

SPANISH GARLIC SHRIMP (GAMBAS AL AJILLO)

Steps:

• Slice garlic thinly. Season shrimp with kosher salt and paprika. Mix to coat.
• Heat garlic and oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until garlic starts to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp and increase heat to high. Toss and turn shrimp with tongs until starting to curl but still undercooked, about 2 minutes. Pour in sherry. Cook, stirring continuously, until sauce comes up to a boil and shrimp is cooked through, about 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley with a spoon.

PATSY'S GARLIC & CHILLI PRAWNS

Steps:

• Peel the prawns, removing the heads and leaving the tails on. Run the tip of a knife down the backs of the peeled prawns and pull out and discard the dark vein.
• Peel the garlic and finely chop with the chilli (deseed if you like). Pick and finely chop the parsley leaves.
• Drizzle the oil into a shallow heatproof terracotta dish or a small frying pan over a medium-high heat, add the garlic and chilli and fry for 30 seconds to flavour the oil, before stirring in the paprika.
• Add the prawns and fry for 2 minutes on each side, or until cooked through, adding most of the parsley when you turn the prawns.
• Squeeze half the lemon juice into the dish, then remove from the heat and sprinkle over the remaining parsley and a pinch of sea salt.
• Serve sizzling with warm crusty bread, the remaining lemon cut wedges for squeezing over, and a glass of good Spanish wine.

SPANISH PRAWNS

Steps:

• First, prepare the prawns. If they are fresh you will need to remove the hard bits like the head and outer shell (maybe retaining the tail) and strip out any black lines on the underside. If they are frozen they are probably prepared and you will just need to defrost them.
• To defrost the prawns place them in lukewarm water for a few minutes before sieving them and patting them dry with kitchen paper. Make sure any excess water is removed.
• Chop the garlic, the red pepper and the parsley.
• Heat the oil in a pan and add the garlic, red pepper and paprika and cook for about 2 minutes.
• Then add the prawns and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side (for uncooked raw prawns. If they are cooked prawns then you only need to cook for 2 minutes on each side). After cooking the first side, add the parsley and the lime juice.

GAMBAS AL AJILLO (SPANISH GARLIC SHRIMP RECIPE)

Steps:

• Pat the shrimp dry and season with kosher salt. Set aside for now.
• Heat the extra virgin olive oil over medium heat until shimmering but not smoking. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook over medium heat up to 60 seconds or until the garlic gains some color (be careful not to burn it).
• Add the shrimp and paprika. Cook briefly, tossing regularly, and watching that the flesh turns opaque with a pearly pink color (about 3 minutes or so; this will depend on the size of the shrimp). Remove the pan from the heat.
• Stir in sherry, lemon juice and parsley.
• Transfer the shrimp and sauce to a serving bowl. Serve with your favorite crusty bread.

SIZZLING SPANISH GARLIC PRAWNS - TAPAS STYLE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.
• Preparing prawns:To butterfly the prawns simply slit the prawns lengthways but don't go all the way through and remove the vein.
• Divide the prawns, garlic, chilli or pimenton, sherry and olive oil between 6 small ovenproof dishes or use 1 large one.
• Cook for 8 - 12 minutes, depending on the size of the dish or dishes, or until pink and sizzling.
• Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with crusty bread & lemon wedges.

SPANISH GARLIC PRAWNS

Steps:

• Heat the oil over a gentle heat and add the garlic, chillies, paprika and onion. Cook until the onion is soft, without any colour.
• Add the prawns to the pan, and increase the heat slightly. Cook for 5-10 minutes (If you are using raw prawns, add to the pan and cook until the prawns have turned dark pink ).
• Serve with crusty bread to mop up the flavoursome juices.

SPANISH GARLIC PRAWNS RECIPE (GAMBAS AL AJILLO)

Steps:

• Add an olive oil. Wait till it turns hot
• Once it is hot, add garlic and let it cook up to one minute or until it turns light brown
• Add the prawns in the pan, and cook for 30 seconds in each side or until it turns light pink. DO NOT overcooked the prawn
• Add paprika, lemon, salt and black pepper in the pan. Sir it quickly for less than 10 seconds, and turn off the heat. Add parsley for garnish.

SPANISH BAKED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425°F
• Divide the shrimp, garlic, chili, sherry and olive oil between 4 small ovenproof dishes.
• Cook for 6-8 minutes until pink and sizzling.
• Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with crusty bread.