Shrimps a la diabla | Camarones a la diabla
Dish: Appetizer
Number: 2
Country: Mexico
If you love spicy food, you can't miss these camarones a la diabla, a typical Mexican dish that is quick and easy to prepare, for it, we can use shrimps or prawns (frozen or fresh), known in Latin America as camarones.
Before starting to prepare the shrimps a la diabla, it is important to have the shrimps or prawns peeled and cleaned, to do this we must remove the head, the tail, the shell and finally remove the intestines, which is nothing more than making a cut in the back of the shrimp or prawn and removing a kind of black vein.
The camarones a la diabla are prepared with some varieties of Mexican peppers, among them are the guajillo pepper, the chile de arbol and the chipotle pepper, but if you cannot find them in your supermarket, you can look for them in online shops or in Mexican shops, for example the chipotle pepper is normally available in almost all countries.
One of the advantages of preparing shrimp a la diabla at home, is that we can always adapt the level of spiciness to our taste, either by adding more chili or using only one of them, as is the case of this recipe where we are only going to use the chipotle chili.
We invite you to follow our step-by-step videos below, where we will show you in detail how to prepare camarones a la diabla, a Mexican cuisine recipe to vary our meals.
Ingredients to prepare Shrimps a la diabla | Camarones a la diabla
- 600 g. of raw shrimps or prawns (head, tail and shell removed)
- 270 ml of crushed natural tomato
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 chipotle peppers in marinade
- 30 ml olive oil
- 20 ml apple cider vinegar
- Salt to taste
How To Make Shrimps a la diabla | Camarones a la diabla
Step 1:
We begin the preparation of our camarones a la diabla, for this, the first thing is the sauce, in the glass of the blender we add the crushed tomato, the chipotle peppers, the garlic clove, the apple vinegar, the olive oil and we grind everything very well.
Step 2:
In a frying pan over medium heat, add our sauce, a little salt, stir and let it cook for 10 minutes (if you see that the sauce begins to splash, cover it), after 10 minutes add the shrimp or prawns, cook for 2 minutes, remove from heat and we have ready our delicious shrimps a la diabla.
Tips for preparing Shrimps a la diabla | Camarones a la diabla
Do not overcook the shrimps or prawns as they may become dry.
What can we accompany Shrimps a la diabla | Camarones a la diabla?
You can serve these delicious shrimp a la diabla with white rice and avocado.
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