I like to eat shrimp plain, unadorned, with no fancy sauce or ingredients; and the following recipe fits that bill. This is the way we prefer to prepare shrimp in our family. Normally, we serve the dish with rice. This time around we paired it with another Nuyorican favorite, tostones (fried green plantains). For a good recipe on how  to make tostones, see my post of 10/1016. It’s really easy to prepare these things, just like with this shrimp dish. As we say in our vernacular, disfrute (enjoy).

HERBED SHRIMP

Ingredients:

2 pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
¾ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions:

  1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  2. Add shrimp and cook, stirring frequently, until opaque throughout, about 4 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and cook about 1 minute more.
  4. Season with salt, and pepper.  Stir in paprika and red wine vinegar.
  5.  Top with fresh parsley and serve.
    Yield: 6-8 servings.