Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp

Name: Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp
Yield: Serves 6 as an appetizer
Cuisine: Spanish & Portuguese
Ingredients: 14 medium, garlic cloves, peeled; 1 pound, large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed; 8 tablespoons, olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 , bay leaf; 1 (2-inch) piece, mild dried chile, such as New Mexico, roughly broken, seeds included (see notes and step by step); 1 1/2 teaspoons, sherry vinegar (see note); 1 tablespoon, chopped fresh parsley leaves

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2008

Main Courses

Spanish & Portuguese

Fish & Seafood

SERVES6 as an appetizer

TIME35 minutes, plus 30 minutes marinating and 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a garlic shrimp recipe that would make six good-size appetizer portions of wonderfully sweet and tender shrimp, infused with deep garlic flavor and not drenched in oil. First, we chose a large pan, to accommodate the shrimp in one...

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