recipe

Shrimp Ajillo

servings 4 to 6

What you’ll need:

  • 1 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 pounds medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 1/4 cup chablis

Instructions:

In a 12-inch skillet, melt butter is foamy, add garlic,parsley, salt, and lemon juice and stir. Add shrimp and white wine and cook for about 5 minutes, or until shrimp turn pink in color. If you need more butter, add some. Butter should be creamy when serving a bowl and garnish with parsley. 

This dish is great over pasta. 

Recipe adapted from The Habana Café Cookbook by Josefa Gonzalez-Hastings. University Press of Florida (2004), upress.ufl.edu

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