Spicy Chili Garlic Shrimp

Oh man, oh man was this delicious. But, my boyfriend and I added double the chili pepper thinking we could handle it. Because of this, I think I drank at least 5 glasses of water and had teary eyes the whole dinner. But oddly enough, my boyfriend and I both love the burn of spicy food so we were completely satisfied.

This shrimp recipe is very easy, especially if you have thawed shrimp ready to go. And it only requires a few ingredients that many people have in their kitchen already. I got this recipe from Skinny Taste. It came out soo good. Thank goodness we made enough for leftovers; I had it for lunch the next day. Anyways, here is the recipe:

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds peeled (and thawed) Shrimp
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 Tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 3-4 Dried Chilies (not 6, unless you like crying and downing water every 2 seconds)
• 5 Garlic Cloves, crushed
• Juice of 1 Lemon (or more to taste)
• 3 Tablespoons chopped fresh Parsley

Directions:

• Season shrimp with salt and pepper to taste
• Heat a fairly large pan on medium heat
• Add 1/2 tablespoon olive oil and half of the chopped chilies to the pan
• Cook for 1-2 minutes
• Increase heat to medium-high
• Add half the shrimp
• Cook undisturbed for around 1 1/2 minutes
• Flip shrimp over and cook for around 1 minute more, until opaque throughout
• Transfer the cooked shrimp to a plate
• Repeat the steps above for the other half of the olive oil, chilies, and shrimp. Adding olive oil and chilies to cook first and then adding the rest of the shrimp to cook.
• Place the rest of the shrimp with the already cooked shrimp in a large bowl
• Squeeze lemon juice over the shrimp and toss with the parsley
• Eat and enjoy :)