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Reviews for Gambas al Ajillo - Garlic Shrimp

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One of my favorite Spanish dishes, Gambas al Ajillo (garlic prawns) is a very quick and easy to prepare shrimp recipe that's made on the stove top. This luscious and satisfying dish consists of shrimp that are sauteed quickly in olive oil that has been laced with lots of garlic and some red chiles. It is usually offered as an appetizer or served as a "tapas" in many restaurants, but we sometimes like to accompany it with rice or pasta along with a green salad and make a full meal of it. You'll also want to have plenty of crusty bread on hand to capture the delicious pan juices from these garlicky crustaceans. Buen provecho!

(4.6, 41) 88% would make again

3253 people marked it a Favorite, 2083 people marked it a Try Soon

Yield: 6 Servings , Total Time: 35 minutes

Cuisine: Spanish   Main Ingredient: Shrimp

Overall this was excellent. Great with the crusty bread! I plan on making it again. It was a hit!
Twobassadores    
1 years, 4 months, 4 days, 12 hours, 45 minutes ago
Deeeeeeeeeeelicious.
wicketone    
1 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes ago
This recipe was excellent. Felt like it was missing some seasoning, but it was really good regardless. My husband loved it. Thank you!
crstn91    
1 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes ago
Excellent shrimp recipe.
stevemur    
1 years, 6 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes ago
Fantastic!! Our family and guests all loved this incredible dish. It was super easy to prepare, turned out almost as nice as the photo and tasted unbelievably good! Thanks for another great recipe sgrishka.
chefhoward76    
1 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes ago
This is so good!!!!! Heavenly! When you take it, it just hits you instantly. You can taste the different flavors all at once and it really is a nice blend. My husband and I literally licked the oil off our plate. I'm not kidding
Faridamaya    
1 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes ago
Fabulous!! My guests loved this shrimp for a first course.
Porpo83    
1 years, 9 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes ago
This recipe is super deliouse
angell100    
1 years, 11 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes ago
I loved this shrimp! It's the closest I can get to my favorite dish at our local Chinese restaurant. I'm going to make this again and add green onion and white onion. I love garlic!
vanessas1    
2 years, 2 weeks, 4 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes ago
Excellent recipe, easy to make, absolutely delicious. Makes you feel like a gourmet chef.
nathanmena    
2 years, 3 weeks, 4 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago
Yummy!
Linny77_    
2 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes ago
Very good. Girlfriend munched on this all day. Will definitely make again.
avbvab    
2 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
Great recipe! I serve it with a big green salad & warm crusty rolls.
nanettebowman    
2 years, 10 months, 2 days, 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Wow excellent, u wouldn't get better in a restaurant.
Waynemiller    
2 years, 11 months, 2 days, 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
This is soooo yummy, Everybody loved it! I can't wait to make it again!
angell100    
2 years, 12 months, 2 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes ago
Like to be in Spain.
Alyangel    
3 years, 6 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes ago
My boyfriend an I are huge garlic fans an we absolutly love this recipie we made it as a appitizer for the super bowl it was gone in 10 min!
abreuski    
3 years, 3 months, 3 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes ago
The flavor was awesome. Added some lemon rind.
denkar    
3 years, 4 months, 2 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes ago
Fabulous dish!!! Can't wait to make this again!!! I served this with a Spanish Rice and large salad! Yum!
Njchick    
4 years, 1 months, 3 days, 20 hours, 39 minutes ago
[I made edits to this recipe.]
sgrishka    
4 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes ago

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