Amazing Garlic Gambas Al ajillo Sauce Recipe

This Gambas Al ajillo is an insanely delicious and most popular recipe throughout Spain.

You will get simple, easy-to-make yet tasty onion sauce, shrimp sauce, and unique seafood sauce. These 3 delicacies make Gambas Al ajillo extra tempting and mouth-licking. Let’s dive into this famous recipe with some unique and taste-making sauces.

Before going ahead, let me share interesting, fun facts about Spanish tapas. Spanish people eat snacks on little portions of savory dishes called tapas .It originated during king Philip 3.Sauteed shrimps with garlic flavor is one of the most demanding recipes across Spain.

Tips For Cooking Perfect Shrimps

1 Use parsley and crushed garlic. It’s a must in Spanish recipes.

2 Fry garlic for less than a minute to avoid burning.

3 Fresh shrimp are best; you can also go for frozen shrimps. Do not forget to defrost and dry shrimps before cooking.

4 Cook for 2 minutes. Do not overcook. Otherwise, shrimps would get rubbery.

Gambas al ajillo

• Cuisine: Spanish
• Course: Dinner
• Servings: 1
• Calories: 525kcal
• Carbohydrates: 50g
• Proteins: 57g
• Fats: 50g

Ingredients

1. Fresh shrimps 250g
2. Garlic cloves 8
3. Extra virgin oil 1/4 cup.
4. Paprika powder 1/2 teaspoon
5. Crushed black pepper 1/2 teaspoon.
6. Sea salt 1/4 teaspoon.
7. Lemon juice 2 tablespoon

Easy Method To Prepare

• First, wash the shrimps well.
• Remove head and discard central tail. Save shells and heads for making stock.
• Wash the shrimps well and pat dry with a kitchen towel.
• Heat olive oil. Add crushed garlic and fry until it gets fragrant.
• Add in shrimps and cook for 1 minute and then flip the side. Do not flip before 1 minute.
• Cook both sides for 2 minutes. It’s the right time for perfect shrimps.
• Sprinkle paprika, black pepper, and sea salt.
• Add chopped parsley, lemon juice, mix.
• Turn off the heat.

Serving Ideas

You can enjoy this delicacy with French bread،crusty bread, or you can go with rice, noodles, or even with a roti if you are Asian.

A smashing idea to Make 3 types of sauces with gambus Al ajillo

1 Onion Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1. Garlic cloves 8
2. Onions sliced 2
3. Olive oil 1/4 cup
4. Apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoon
5. Salt 1/4 teaspoon
6. Black pepper 1/4 teaspoon

Method

• Add 2 tablespoon olive oil to a pan.
• Add crushed garlic and satay until it gets fragrant. Set aside.
• Add fry garlic, sliced onions, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt, black pepper and mix well.
• Marinate for 2 hours

How to use in Gambas Al ajillo?

1. It’s so simple. Prepare Gambas Al ajillo by following the method mentioned above.
2. Pour after 2 hours, add this sauce in sautéed garlic shrimps prepared already.

2 Shrimp Sauce

Let’s prepare a fast, easy, and unique shrimp sauce that tastes divine with Spanish Al ajillo. Believe me, you will explore a unique and perfect flavor of Gambas Al ajillo with a twist.

INGREDIENTS

1. Ketchup 1/2 cup
2. Horseradish 1teaspoon
3. Worcestershire sauce 1tabspon
4. Lemon juice 1tespoon

Method

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Here you go!
• Your sizzling shrimp sauce is ready to go with Spanish garlic tapas. Prepare garlic shrimps and serve

3 Seafood Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1. Chop Chilies 5-6 medium-sized
2. Crushed garlic 8-9 cloves
3. Fish sauce 1 cup
4. Sugar 1/2 cup
5. Brown sugar 1/2 cup
6. Lemon juice 1/2 cup
7. Vinegar 4 tablespoon

METHOD

• Satay chopped garlic and chilies for a few seconds.
• Cool at room temperature.
• Mix fish sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar in a bowl.
• Garlic chili mixture, give it a slight stir.

What is shrimp in Spanish?

Shrimp is basically a marine animal which is called “CAMARON” in Spanish. It lives in large groups and is the favorite food to “BLUE WHALES”. As Shrimps live in colonies, they are found in mass quantities in one place.

Shrimp in Spanish Sauce

Spanish people use shrimp as a sauce ingredient for their guests. There is much different type of sauces of shrimp in Spain but the most famous one is called “Gambas Al Ajillo” which is also called Spanish garlic shrimp. It is a sauce that uses the main ingredient garlic along with shrimp.

Shrimp in Spanish

Shrimps have many different names in different languages like in French “Crevette” to shrimp, the same way Italian people call shrimps “Gamberetto”. However, Shrimp in Spanish is “Camaron”.

Different languages use multiple words to pronounce shrimp.  Saying shrimp in Spanish is “Camaron”. When it comes to pronouncing it, It begins with C and ends with n. Russian people call “krevetka” meanwhile Chinese say “Xia” or “虾” to shrimp

Saying shrimp in Spanish

We use the word “Camaron” to say shrimp in Spanish. When we break down the word “Camaron” it gets divided into three parts “CA” pronounces as “kA”, “MA” pronounces as same, and then “RON” pronounces as same but in Spanish accent. Camaron is a marine species that live in a large group.

How To Serve

Prepare GambasAl ajillo and enjoy with this finger-licking sauce.

So, Must try all These heavenly combinations that would appease your taste buds. You will love this for sure.