Any shrimp will do here, but I love this with spot prawns. You want lots of garlic, a little chile, and enough lemon to balance out the olive oil. This recipe is best done with shell-on shrimp that you peel at the table, but you can do it with peeled and deveined shrimp, too.
Recipe by Hank Shaw on September 4, 2018
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT3M
Total time: PT13M
Rating
4.95 stars (20 reviews)
Keywords
shrimp
Ingredients
1/4 cup olive oil
1 to 2 pounds large shrimp, preferably spot prawns
Salt
4 to 6 cloves garlic, roughly chopped or sliced thin
1 or 2 small, hot chiles, sliced thin, (or 2 dried, hot chiles, crumbled)
Juice of a lemon
Categories
Appetizer
Cuisine
Spanish
Steps
Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over high heat. When it just barely begins to smoke, add all the shrimp and toss to coat with the oil.
Add the garlic, chile and salt the pan well. Cook over high heat, tossing and/or stirring, until all the shrimp just barely turn pink, about 2 minutes, tops. Toss with the lemon juice and serve at once.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 238 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1 g
Protein: 23 g
Fat: 15 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Cholesterol: 286 mg
Sodium: 882 mg
Sugar: 1 g
Reviews
Dom on 2025-06-16 (5 stars): quick, easy, delicious.
Susan on 2023-01-07 (5 stars): These were very good and easy to make. Just a few ingredients. Do you have a recipe or suggestions for making seafood stock with the shells?
Julie Joselyn on 2022-05-28 (5 stars): Discovered your site and recipe and gave it a try. It is superb!. Really showcases the spot prawn beautifully.
In the design field there is an adage of "Less is More" This is what your recipe is, nothing overpowers the prawns.
Never too old to learn, Thank you, its a keeper!
Liz on 2022-05-13 (5 stars): Soooooo good. The best way we’ve experienced yet. Thanks for posting this recipe.
Tasha Carvell on 2020-12-18 (5 stars): I made this tonight and nearly wept it was so good. I've never had spot prawns before. Mind-blowing. Thank you so much for this perfect dish.
Amy B on 2020-09-20 (5 stars): Excellent recipe! Thank you
Cris on 2020-06-28 (5 stars): Excellent recipe
Swapna Mazumder on 2019-11-04 (5 stars): Thank you for the recipe. My husband, a salmon fisher, put down prawn traps for the first time and did we ever get a haul ~ 4 kg. Stupidly I threw the heads out, next time i am making stock for chowder.
