Plancha-Style Shrimp

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Plancha-Style Shrimp
Cooking plancha style, on a ripping-hot cast-iron griddle or skillet, quickly sears tender shellfish like shrimp, scallops, or baby squid, leaving a beautiful golden-brown crust. Before you preheat the griddle until it’s smoking, prep all of your ingredients. Be ready for a little smoke. Or take it outside; this dish can also be made on the grill.

4 servings

Recipe by Alejandro Morales

Photograph by Eric Wolfinger

August 2012

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 4 garlic cloves
• 24 large shrimp (about 1 1/2 lb.), middle sections peeled; heads and tails left intact, if desired
• 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
• Lemon wedges

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from bonappetit.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Cook oil and garlic in a small saucepan over low heat until garlic is soft but not yet golden, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool. Strain garlic oil through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl; set aside.

Place shrimp and onion in separate medium bowls; season with salt and pepper. Heat a cast-iron griddle over high heat until smoking. Arrange shrimp on one half of griddle in a single layer and onion on the other half. Alternatively, using a cast-iron skillet, cook shrimp first, then onion (don’t overcrowd the pan or the shrimp will steam instead of sear). Cook until shrimp are golden brown, about 1 minute. Turn shrimp and onion, drizzle with some garlic oil, and cook until shrimp are cooked through, about 1 minute longer. Divide shrimp and onion among plates; garnish with parsley. Squeeze lemon over top.

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