Description
Easy Tapas Recipes featuring garlic shrimp cooked with olive oil, garlic, lemon, parsley, and white wine. This quick Spanish appetizer is ready in 15 minutes and perfect for tapas gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15 jumbo shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 tbsp extra virgin Spanish olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 4 slices lemon cut in half
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley finely minced
- sea salt
- black pepper
- smoked paprika
- crunchy baguette to serve
Instructions
- Thinly slice garlic, cut lemon slices in half, mince parsley, and measure the white wine.
- Season the shrimp with sea salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika.
- Heat olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Add sliced garlic and cook briefly until fragrant.
- Add shrimp seasoned side down and cook for 1 minute.
- Flip shrimp and add white wine, lemon slices, and half the parsley.
- Shake the pan gently and cook for another 1½ minutes until shrimp are pink.
- Transfer shrimp and sauce into a shallow serving bowl.
- Garnish with remaining parsley and serve with crunchy bread.
Notes
- Use fresh shrimp for best texture and flavor.
- Avoid overcooking the shrimp as they cook very quickly.
- Serve immediately with crusty bread to soak up the garlic sauce.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Spanish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 420mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 23g
- Cholesterol: 180mg