Spanish Garlic Prawns

Name: Spanish Garlic Prawns
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 600g large prawns, peeled; 8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 2 dried red chillies or 1 tsp chilli flakes; 100ml dry sherry or white wine; 6 tbsp good olive oil; fresh flat-leaf parsley to serve; crusty bread to serve

Gambas al ajillo: plump prawns sizzled in olive oil with garlic, chilli flakes and a splash of sherry.

Total time

13 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

8 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Spanish

gluten-free

Ingredients

600glarge prawns, peeled

8 clovesgarlic, thinly sliced

2dried red chillies or 1 tsp chilli flakes

100mldry sherry or white wine

6 tbspgood olive oil

fresh flat-leaf parsleyto serve

crusty breadto serve

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a clay dish or frying pan until hot.

Add garlic and chilli. Fry 1 minute.

Add prawns.

Cook 2–3 minutes until pink.

Add sherry. Sizzle 30 seconds.

Scatter parsley.

Serve sizzling with crusty bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

157

Protein

36.4g

Fat

0.5g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

168mg

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