Spanish recipe
How to make Garlic prawns
Gambas al ajillo
All of Spain, a classic tapas bar dish
Prawns cooked in plenty of olive oil with sliced garlic and a little dried chilli, served sizzling in a small clay dish with bread to mop up the oil.
Ingredients
- 400 g raw prawns, peeled
- 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 small dried red chilli, broken in pieces (or a pinch of chilli flakes)
- 150 ml olive oil
- A handful of chopped parsley
- Salt
- Bread to serve
Method
- Pat the prawns dry and sprinkle them with a little salt.
- Warm the olive oil in a small clay dish or frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and chilli and cook gently until the garlic just starts to turn golden.
- Turn up the heat, add the prawns and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until they are pink all the way through.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve at once, still sizzling, with bread.
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