Gambas a la plancha

Gambas a la plancha is a quintessential tapas dish throughout Spain, served everywhere from tiny street stalls, tapas bars, to fine restaurants.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 lbs live spot prawns, shell-on
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• sea salt to taste

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Rinse the prawns under cold running water then lay them flat on a few sheets of paper towel to dry.
2. 2Add about 1/2 cup of olive oil and garlic to a bowl and mix well to combine.
3. 3Heat a cast-iron pan over high heat until hot and scatter with a good handful of sea salt.
4. 4When the pan is searing hot, dip the prawns in the garlic-olive oil and place them on the pan.
5. 5Cook the prawns for about 1 minute on each side, until a brown crust from the prawn juice solidifies on the shell and the tail meat is just cooked and translucent in the center. Cook them for 30 seconds longer or shorter depending on the size.
6. 6Transfer the prawns to a serving platter and serve immediately with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.