Shrimp With Toasted Garlic Camerones De Ajo Recipes

CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJO (MEXICAN SHRIMP IN GARLIC MOJO SAUCE)

Steps:

• Combine 1/4 olive oil, 1/4 cup of butter, garlic, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a blender; blend until marinade is smooth.
• Place squid and prawns into a bowl, pour in marinade, and stir until well coated. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup olive oil and 1/4 cup butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook chile until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Add squid and shrimp; cook and stir until evenly browned, 10 to 15 minutes per side.

SHRIMP WITH SWEET TOASTY GARLIC (CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJO)

Steps:

• First, prepare the Mojo de Ajo:.
• Chop the garlic by hand or in the food processor until the garlic bits are about an 1/8" in size--about 1/2 cup of chopped garlic.
• Place the garlic in small saucepan, measure in the oil and about 1/2 teaspoon of salt and set over medium low heat.
• Stir occasionally as the mixture comes BARELY to a simmer (just the hint of movement on the surface of the oil).
• Adjust the heat to the very lowest possible setting and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is a soft, pale golden --about thirty minutes.
• Add the lime and simmer about five minutes, until the juice has evaporated or been absorbed.
• Stir in the chiles, then taste and add additional salt if necessary.
• Keep the pan over the lowest heat so the garlic will be warm when the shrimp are ready.
• Put the lime wedges into a serving bowl and set them out.
• Now, prepare the Shrimp:.
• Set a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat and spoon about one and a half tablespoons of the oil (but not the garlic) from the mojo.
• Add half the shrimp to the skillet, sprinkle with salt, and stir gently and continuously until the shrimp are just cooked through (3 to 4 minutes).
• Add half the cilantro (if you're using it)and scoop the shrimp onto a warm, deep serving platter.
• Repeat with another one and a half tablespoons of the oil and the rest of the shrimp and cilantro.
• Now, finish the dish:.
• When all the shrimp are cooked and placed in the serving platter, use a slotted spoon to scoop out the warm bits of garlic and chiles from the mojo pan and scatter them over the shrimp.
• Serve with the lime wedges to, as Mr. Bayless says, add sparkle.
• Note: The Mojo de Ajo will keep in the fridge for a couple of weeks--the oil will become solid but will liquefy again at room temperature--warm it slowly before using.
• Note 2: For the best texture, cook the shrimp immediately before serving, but, you can cook them an hour or so ahead, douse them with the garlic and serve at room temperature.

GARLIC SHRIMP WITH TOSTONES | TOSTONES RELLENOS DE CAMARONES | CHEF ZEE COOKS

Steps:

• Begin my cleaning your shrimp and making sure that the shells are all off. It's up to your whether or not you want to leave the tails-I personally like to leave them on
• Next, season your shrimp with the lemon, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper
• Mix up the seasoning with shrimp making sure that everything is coated in that yummy seasoning
• Then warm up a skillet with olive oil. Be careful not to burn the olive oil
• Now add your shrimp one by one leaving behind as much marinade as you can. No worries-this will come in handy later on [and you're going to love it!]
• Cook the shrimp for about two minutes on each side. You'll know that the shrimp is cooked when it goes from grayish color to an orange color
• When the shrimp become orange on one side flip it over and cook the other side
• As soon as all of your shrimp is cooked, remove them from the skillet and set aside
• Now add the butter to the same skillet you were cooking the shrimp. This will deglaze the pan and bring to life all that seasoning the shrimp left behind
• Once your butter is melted, add the rest of the shrimp marinade. This is going to create a vibrant garlic sauce
• Be sure to only cook the sauce until the shrimp is tender. This should take a minute or less. The goal is to cook out the raw garlic taste. We don't want our garlic to burn
• Once the garlic is cooked, add that sauce the shrimp
• Toss the shrimp in the sauce and as you can already guess, make sure every shrimp has that delicious garlic sauce
• Now cut the shrimp in half or in the thirds. Afterwards, set aside
• Moving onto the the tostones, add canola oil to a small frying pan
• Peel the green platano/plantain and cut them into little one inch pieces
• Fry them until their golden on both sides
• Then mash them with a citrus press so that it takes on the shape of a bowl/mini cup
• Once all of the plantains are mashed, re fry them again for 30 seconds to a minute
• Drain the plantain cups of any excess
• Fill them up with the shrimp making sure to drizzle some garlic sauce at the end

CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJO (MEXICAN-STYLE GARLIC SHRIMP)

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine paprika and salt.
• Season the shrimp with spice mixture.
• Add the Land O Lakes® Butter with Olive Oil & Sea Salt to a frying pan over medium heat until it begins to melt.
• Add the onion and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until they are completely cooked through.
• Add the lime juice and parsley.
• Enjoy with white rice, angel hair pasta, or tortillas.

QUICK-FRIED SHRIMP WITH SWEET TOASTY GARLIC (CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJO)

Steps:

• Preparing the mojo de ajo: Either chop the garlic with a sharp knife into 1/8-inch bits or drop the cloves through the feed tube of a food processor with the motor running and process until the pieces are roughly 1/8 inch in size. You should have about 1/2 cup chopped garlic. Scoop into a small (1-quart) saucepan, measure in the oil (you need it all for even cooking) and 1/2 teaspoon salt and set over medium-low heat. Stir occasionally as the mixture comes barely to a simmer (there should be just a hint of movement on the surface of the oil). Adjust the heat to the very lowest possible setting to keep the mixture at that very gentle simmer (bubbles will rise in the pot like sparkling mineral water) and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is a soft, pale golden (the color of light brown sugar), about 30 minutes. The slower the cooking, the sweeter the garlic.
• Add the lime juice to the pan and simmer until most of the juice has evaporated or been absorbed into the garlic, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chiles, then taste the mojo de ajo and add a little more salt if you think it needs it. Keep the pan over low heat,so the garlic will be warm when the shrimp are ready. Scoop the lime wedges into a serving bowl and set on the table.
• The shrimp: Devein the shrimp if you wish: One by one, lay the shrimp on your work surface, make a shallow incision down the back and pull or scrape out the dark (usually) intestinal tract.
• Set a large (12-inch) heavy skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium-high heat and spoon in 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil (but not any garlic) from the mojo. Add half of the shrimp to the skillet, sprinkle generously with salt and stir gently and continuously until the shrimp are just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in half the cilantro or parsley, if you're using it. Scoop the shrimp onto a deep serving platter. Repeat with another 1 1/2 tablespoons of garlicky oil and the remaining shrimp.
• When all of the shrimp are cooked, use a slotted spoon to scoop out the warm bits of garlic and chiles from the mojo pan, and scatter them over the shrimp. (You may have as much as 1/3 cup of the oil left over, for which you'll be grateful--it's wonderful for sauteing practically anything.) If you're a garlic lover, you're about to have the treat of your life, served with the lime wedges to add sparkle.

MEXICAN-STYLE GARLIC SHRIMP

Steps:

• Start by seasoning the de-shelled and cleaned shrimp with salt, pepper, cumin, and paprika.
• Add the butter olive oil to a frying pan over medium-low heat until butter begins to melt.
• Add the garlic and onion and let saute together for about 5 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and cook for 5-8 minutes or until they are completely cooked through.
• Add the lime juice and parsley.
• Enjoy immediately with tortillas, rice or salted crackers.

GARLIC SHRIMP TACOS RECIPE

Steps:

• Quarter the tomatoes.
• Peel the garlic cloves.
• Heat a large dry frying pan to medium-hot. Add the quartered tomatoes, garlic, and árbol chiles to toast.
• Toast the chiles for 30 seconds on each side and then remove from the pan.
• Toast the garlic for 2 more minutes then remove from the pan.
• Continue to toast the tomatoes until they blacken.
• Add all of the ingredients except the oil to your blender and blend for 1 minute.
• In the same frying pan that you toasted the tomatoes, garlic and chiles heat the 2 tablespoons of oil to high heat.
• Pour the blended salsa into the hot oil.
• Reduce the heat to a simmer, then cook the salsa for 10 minutes.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar into the bowl with the cabbage.
• Add 1 teaspoon of salt.
• Mix thoroughly so that all of the cabbage is coated with vinegar and salt.
• Set aside until you are ready to serve your tacos. Stir just before serving.
• If your shrimp come with the shells, remove the shells and discard.
• Devein the shrimp by making an incision lengthwise along the back of the shrimp and gently remove the black vein with the tip of a knife.
• Finely chop the garlic.
• Preheat a large frying pan to medium-hot. Add the chopped garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring 3 times so that the garlic doesn't burn.
• Add the shrimp to the pan and stir to coat the shrimp with butter.
• Cook the shrimp for about 6 minutes until just cooked through. Stir and turn the shrimp every minute. To check for doneness, cut a couple of shrimp in half. If the shrimp is a pinkish white throughout it is fully cooked. If there are still translucent spots the shrimp needs to be cooked more. Cook for 1 more minute and then check for doneness again.
• Warm the tortillas on a comal or griddle.
• On each corn tortilla, layer a bed of cabbage slaw, 3 shrimps and then a dollop of salsa on each shrimp.
• Serve 3 tacos per person.

SHRIMP WITH TOASTED GARLIC: CAMERONES DE AJO

Steps:

• Heat a terra cotta pot or a similar oval pan. Add olive oil and toss in sliced garlic. Bring to a bare simmer and keep on the lowest heat possible so the garlic toasts to a golden brown- about 15 minutes. Season shrimp with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add to the pot and remove from heat. Allow to cook until pink and tender. Finish by squeezing juice of whole lemon over shrimp and sprinkling with chopped parsley. Use a slotted spoon to fish out prawns and serve on a platter topped with toasted golden garlic shavings and parsley.