Every Spanish restaurant serves this dish of shrimp cloaked in garlic-infused olive oil with smoky hints of paprika and a touch of sweetness from sherry. Make sure you have all your ingredients together before you head to the stove since, start to finish, this cooks in mere minutes. It's great for a tapas party, since you can prep everything ahead of time. Just spoon the shrimp and sauce over toasted bread and sprinkle more cayenne and parsley on top to enjoy.

Spanish Garlic Shrimp (Gambas al Ajillo)

garlic

shrimp

salt

hot smoked paprika

olive oil

dry sherry

Italian flat-leaf parsley

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.


This was excellent.  Take the time to thinly slice the garlic instead of dice it as it makes a difference (especially if you soak up the sauce with a nice crusty bread, which you definitely should!).  Next time, I will make sure I have a better paprika - the regular stuff is fine, but a smoky hot paprika would have been better. I tried to make up the difference with a bit of chipotle tabasco, which was not out of place but could've been better. This is a very simple recipe which I'll definitely make again.

Good shrimp dish. Like most shrimp recipes, this one was quick to make. Kind of reminded me of shrimp scampi..
I can't have any alcohol in my food so for sherry I substituted 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar + pinch of sugar. I served over some buttered pasta.

Great recipe,  I've been looking for this right recipe for awhile now! This is the one. Thank you! The smoked paprika knocks it out of the park!

I lived in southern Spain for 4 years and this brought back great memories.  Just as I remembered it!  I added one more clove of garlic, though.  Spanish Gambas al Ajillo is VERY garlicky.

Simple yet satisfying! Quick easy to make, definitely serve with garlic bread to soak up the sauce. This made a great weeknight dinner for us served with bread & a salad.

I did make this and it was easy and yummy.

I don't gave sherry. Replaced it with wine vinegar and made the recipe a bit sour. Will try again with sherry.

11.5.18 I watched the video followed the recipe to the letter and although the shrimp were cooked perfectly I m still baffled why I didn t have that sauce to top the shrimp. I d added a crostini to the bottom of the bowl but just didn t have enough sauce to drizzle over the shrimp to moisten the bread. I know I could double the oil and sherry but then I'd be adding a ton of calories and fat as well. Regardless still delicious and quick-and-easy.

spanish garlic shrimp (gambas al ajillo)

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 1

Author : Chef John

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