Shrimp In Spicy Tomato Sauce (gambas Paco Alcalde)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped onions
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika, preferably spanish smoked
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup dry wine
• 1/4 cup fish stock or 1/4 cup clam juice
• 1/2 dried red chili pepper, seeded (spanish guindilla or guajillo)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
• kosher salt or sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined (use small to medium size shrimp)

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet; saute onion and garlic until onion is wilted.
• 2 stir in flour and paprika; add in tomato sauce, wine, fish broth, chile pepper, thyme, bay leaf, parsley, salt, pepper, and sugar.
• 3 cover and cook slowly for 20 minutes.
• 4 in a separate skillet, heat remaining oil until it is very hot.
• 5 add in the shrimp; stir-fry quickly over high heat for 1 minute.
• 6 add shrimp to tomato sauce and continue cooking for 4-5 minutes.