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Sizzling Garlic Shrimp

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sizzling garlic shrimp - perfect for a tapas night or quick and easy, yet elegant dinner for 2.

Last year, when we thought I had developed a seafood allergy, I was absolutely devastated that I may never again be able to have shrimp.  While we have yet to rule out what my reaction was to (I still have 2 food challenges to schedule), I was able to rule out that I am not allergic to shrimp!  When the doctor gave me the good news, it was as if a choir of angels began to sing.  On my way home from that allergist’s appointment, I stopped at the grocery store and purchased 5lbs of shrimp, and as a family we consumed all of it in about 2 days.  It was glorious! 

One of my favorite ways to prepare shrimp is with a lot of good olive oil and garlic.  I mean really, what’s not to like?  

The first time I prepared this Sizzling Garlic Shrimp recipe was for a tapas night with some girlfriends.  We had opted for a girls’ night in, prepared a bunch of tapas, opened a few bottles of wine, and relaxed around the kitchen table laughing, sharing stories, drinking, and eating.  

Since then, this recipe has become a staple during our Christmas Eve Feast of Seven Fishes meal, as well as a quick an easy meal on Fridays during Lent.  The entire family loves them, and with my children eating like teenagers some days, we have started doubling the recipe when we prepare it for dinner.

Even if you don’t cook often, you can totally rock this dish!  I know a lot of people are intimidated by cooking seafood, but there’s no reason to be.  You can make this amazing Sizzling Garlic Shrimp dish quickly in your own home for a fraction of what you would spend at a restaurant.

Sizzling Garlic Shrimp

1 lb small shrimp, peeled and deveined (buy them already cleaned to save time)
Kosher Salt
1 cup fragrant extra-virgin olive oil
6 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 to 3 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley

Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels, then sprinkle salt over them.

Place the olive oil and garlic in a large non-coated skillet and heat over medium-low heat until the oil shimmers and the garlic begins to sizzle gently. Cook until the garlic is very fragrant but not colored, 2 to 3 minutes, reducing the heat if necessary. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, until they just begin to turn pink, about 3 minutes.

Season with salt to taste, stir in the parsley and cook for a few seconds longer. Serve the shrimp with plenty of French bread alongside.

Serves 4 or 5 as a tapa, 2 or 3 as a light main course.

sizzling garlic shrimp - perfect for a tapas night or quick and easy, yet elegant dinner for 2.

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Sizzling Garlic Shrimp

Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 1 lb small shrimp peeled and deveined (buy them already cleaned to save time)
  • Kosher Salt
  • 1 cup fragrant extra-virgin olive oil
  • 6 large garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley

Instructions

  1. Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels, then sprinkle salt over them.
  2. Place the olive oil and garlic in a large non-coated skillet and heat over medium-low heat until the oil shimmers and the garlic begins to sizzle gently. Cook until the garlic is very fragrant but not colored, 2 to 3 minutes, reducing the heat if necessary. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, until they just begin to turn pink, about 3 minutes.
  3. Season with salt to taste, stir in the parsley and cook for a few seconds longer. Serve the shrimp with plenty of French bread alongside.
  4. Serves 4 or 5 as a tapa, 2 or 3 as a light main course.

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  1. Deanna Segrave-Daly

    February 24, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    Oh what glorious news that you were not allergic – shrimp is definitely in my Top 5 all time favorite foods – and now you got me craving it!

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