Pil Pil Prawns - Gambas Pil Pil
Spanish Tapas favourite delicious chilli and garlic prawns cooked in extra virgin olive oil!
Equipment
- Oven dish/pyrex
- Chopping board
- Sharp knife
Ingredients
- 10 king prawns deveined and de-shelled
- 80 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice half a lemon
- 4-6 garlic cloves
- 4 dried red chillies
- 1 tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C. Devein and de-shell the prawns. Slice the garlic and chop the chilli in half.
- In a bowl add the olive oil, lemon juice, chillies and all the seasoning. Add the prawns and mix to coat well.
- Add the prawns a pyrex dish and pour the olive oil mix in the dish.
- Cook the prawns in the oven for 6-8 minutes.
Notes
TIPS -
- Be sure to slice the garlic instead of mincing. Minced garlic can become too bitter. Slice the garlic into medium slices.
- De seed the chilli if you don't want the prawns to be too spicy. I like to leave mine in because these chillies especially are extremely mild.
- Make sure the oven is pre heated and keep an eye on the prawns.
- Be sure to serve with some delicious crusty bread for dipping!
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan before frying the prawns for 1 minute each side.
- Add the lemon juice, sliced garlic, chilli and seasoning and mix together with the prawns and allow to fry off for 1-2 more minutes before removing from the fire.