Hot Pepper and Garlic Shrimp

Submitted by Luby Luby Luby

"This recipe comes from Epicurious and I have not tried it yet. I'm posting it so I can have it readily accessible at a later date. If you try it I certainly hope you like it."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 10 large garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

directions

1. Pat shrimp dry.
2. Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately low heat and add garlic, red pepper flakes and sea salt.
3. Cook until garlic is pale golden, about 4 to 5 minutes.
4. Increase heat to moderately high and add shrimp.
5. Saute' shrimp turning occasionally, about 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and transfer to a serving bowl.

Reviews

[Bergy]

This recipe is exactly how I like my prawns -bold garlic, bit of heat and a touch of lemon. cut the olive oil back to 1 tbsp. Thanks Luby this will be repeated many times. 1 Sept 2011 Took a while but I made these again this time using West Coast Wild Spot Prawns - Heavenly! Great recipe

 

[*Parsley*]

Just how I like my shrimp; nice and garlicky! I subbed butter for the oil and halved the amount to save some fat calories. I loved the kick from the red pepper flakes. If you make this for a romantic dinner, make sure you both love garlic. ;) Thanx for posting.

 

[iris5555]

I tried this after seeing it in Gourmet magazine. I used less oil than indicated and decreased the red pepper. I minced the garlic for extra flavor.