Spicy Pan-Fried Prawns
From chillidude 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 8
rawns are plentiful off the coast of Spain and no tapas bar would dare to open without some version of garlic prawns on the menu
Ingredients
- 500g medium prawns, peeled and deveined (any size prawn is good as long as it's not the little cocktail ones out of the tins) shopping list
- 4 whole garlic cloves plus 1 teasp minced garlic shopping list
- 2 tablsp lime juice shopping list
- 2 tablsp butter shopping list
- ½ teasp ground paprika shopping list
- ½ teasp crushed piquin chillies shopping list
- 1 tablsp sea salt shopping list
- 2 tablsp dry sherry shopping list
- 3 tablsp olive oil, virgin shopping list
How to make it
- In a medium bowl, stir the salt into 1 cup of water until it has dissolved. Add the prawns and soak them for 5 minutes, then drain and pat them dry.
- Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan over moderately high heat with the whole garlic until hot but not smoking. Add the prawns and cook for a few seconds to seal in the flavor and then remove.
- Pour out all of the oil and discard the garlic. Return the prawns to the frying pan and reheat over medium-high heat. Pour the lime juice over the prawn and add the butter, minced garlic, paprika, piquins, and sherry.
- Simmer until the prawns have turned pink, which will only take a couple of minutes.
- Take care to not overcook them as it ruins both the flavour and the texture of the prawns.
- Serve with your favourite white wine or rose, chilled, and watch a sunset with some friends.
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Reviewed by 7 people-
very good!
cheryilyn
in Salem loved it
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My kind of food!!!!!!!!! Hate when people over cook shrimp.
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I saved this to make this weekend for Valentine's Day..
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