Spanish Garlic Shrimp (Gambas al Ajillo) - Food Wishes

[PapaGCooking]

I love it! "It's okay to eat fat... turns out, it's the carbs that are bad." "...reminds me... you want to toast some bread"

Chef John, you are my hero. If it weren't for sarcasm, there'd be no humor. Great job!

[beaunichols]

"Ay dios mio" are the words you're looking for. Love love love this recipe! I used apple cider vinegar since I didn't have sherry, and it was still sherry tasty.

[kineticstar]

Finally Spanish food! I live in Texas and everyone thinks Spanish and Mexican food are the same. That makes sad but this video makes me happy!

[MsSherryjh]

In my local Spanish/Portuguese restaurant this is my favorite dish of everything they make (and everything they make is quite delicious)and dipping the bread - paradise. Now I can make it at home. Can't wait!

[stephencogan]

he is a legend of dry humour and amazing cooking made simple, i love love love his patter

[archiekidd]

how I learnt when working in Madrid is to first cook the prawn shells and heads and garlic in the olive oil for about 10 mins then strain it to leave you with a garlic-y prawn-y infused oil, then using this oil continue as you did

[the-chillian]

Many years ago, a Spanish restaurant where I ate regularly made this with finely minced garlic and baby shrimp -- and yes, soaking some bread in the oil was absolutely heavenly.

This was over 30 years ago, so I was mildly surprised to look them up online just now to find they're still in business. And the garlic shrimp is still on the menu, so I have to assume it's just as good as it always was.

[DJames-qwrk]

I have lived 20 years in Southern Spain and this was one of the first traditional dishes I had the pleasure to fall in love with. In Andalucia it is calles Gambas a pilpil.

[firstchoice]

I lived in Spain for five years. Ate a lot of Spanish food in restaurants and in Spanish homes. Spanish food is not hot. Spanish food is fresh, fresh, fresh food. eggs even have the date they are laid stamped on them! Smoked Spanish Paprika is not hot or even a tiny bit hot. It is smokey. And a Spaniard would never think of putting Cayenne pepper on their food. I am glad you put the disclaimer that it is your version of Gambas al Ajillo.

[Smarglenargle]

Just so you know, even with notification bells, this has been the first video to show up in my subscription feed from foodwishes in the past 6 months. I don't know what I want until I see it and that keeps me from actively searching out videos. Without subscriptions you would have faded from my life and I wouldn't even have known.

[pcolageorge]

My dad was stationed in Rota in the late seventies. This, merlutha, and pinchitos were my favorite. We used to go out almost every weekend to tapa joints in Puerto de Santa Maria. Frickin' good times. When I joined the Navy in the eighties, I wanted to get stationed there so bad, but never got there. Hey, but Japan, Okinawa, and Turkey weren't bad. Neither were all the other places I got to pull into. Hey, and my Spanish is still pretty good! ;-)

[moogie]

That was one of my favorite things to get when I was stationed in Spain! We would go, "Tapa hoppin'" and gambas al ajullo, along with other "small plates" (tapas) were a fantastic way to eat our way through the town!

[Sakja]

There are a great deal of Spanish/Portuguese restaurants in the town where I grew up. I've eaten garlic shrimp many, many times, and now I can recreate the recipe thanks to you, Chef John.

[alexeiromanov]

I lived in Spain for 1 year when I was in University. ALL the food was delicious, my favorite became Gambas al ajillo. Saludos!!! ps If you understand spanish I would recommend to follow this recipe from a native Spaniard.

[bartram]

Just come back from a family holiday in Almeria southern Spain, where myself and my grown up daughter take a break from the family and promenade to a favourite tapas bar on the beach. We have this and cold beers while looking out over the Mediterranean. Thanks chef John, good memories.

[JoeHell]

Peeps, if you ever visit Spain or the spanish islands, order gambas, it is unmatched and to die for!

Joe from Germany

[nikoszotas]

Am I the only one addicted to his voice and the way he's narrating?

[someone]

“It’s ok to eat fat. Turns out it’s carbs that are bad... speaking of which, make sure you toast some bread” lol. Reminds me of what you said in your sushi rice taco recipe. “Now that makes a low carb taco! Ofcourse, if you don’t count in the rice”. You’re amazing!

[zhara]

One of the top ten videos on this channel. It has everything; garlic, olive oil, and jokes. More of this, please, .

[zetnnik]

Oh, wow! I’m salivating! I’ll have to try and make this over the weekend! 😋