Nick’s Spicy Spanish Garlic Shrimp
This shrimp dish is the perfect mix of light, spicy and gourmet. Plus it’s super simple and easy to make. Great for a party appetizer. Make you you have bread to dip in the sauce; you won’t want to waste any.
Ingredients
A few Emerald BAMs! of red pepper flake
Half a lemon
About a pound of shrimp - preference for red Argentinian shrimp, but any will work
Handful of Cilantro (halfish of a bunch)
Good bread for dipping
A bulb of garlic - not a clove, a bulb. And if you think that isn’t enough, you’re probably right and you should add some more
A paycheck’s worth of good olive oil
Half a glass of white wine - Albariño if you want to be traditional and classy - but anything crisp and dry
INSTRUCTIONS
Prep by chopping the garlic and Cilantro
Add a good amount of olive oil to a pan. Like enough to get a centimeter or two layer.
Don’t let the olive oil to to it’s smoke point, get it low
When the oil it hot, add the garlic and red pepper flakes
Add as much red pepper as you want, but I like it spicy
As soon as the Garlic starts to brown even a little, toss in the shrimp
This will happen FAST, so be ready
Stir for 10 mississippi’s then turn off the heat and continue stirring
Throw the wine and most the chopped cilantro in
Stir for a few more minutes until the shrimp is cooked
After plating, finish with some flakey sea salt (or table) and a little cilantro