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Simplest and Best Shrimp Dish

Name: Simplest and Best Shrimp Dish
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 / 3 cup extra virgin olive oil, or more as needed; 3 or 4 big cloves garlic, cut into slivers; About 1 1 / 2 pounds shrimp, 20 to 30 per pound, peeled, rinsed, and dried; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 1/ 2 teaspoons hot paprika; Chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish

By Mark Bittman

Published August 7, 2018

Excuse the superlatives; this spin on a Spanish tapa is my favorite, and everyone I serve it to loves it. The shrimp juices infuse the oil, and the sum is beyond delicious. It’s good with bread, over rice, tossed with pasta, or stuffed into tacos. Other seafood you can use: similar-sized scallops (or larger, though they’ll take longer to cook).

Sam Kaplan for the New York Times

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