🇪🇸 Spanish

Shrimp Sofrito

Name: Shrimp Sofrito
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 400 ml Tomato Sauce; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 400 g Shrimp; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

A slow-simmered spanish pot of shrimp, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. Ready in 47 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 32 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Tomato Sauce400 ml
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Shrimp400 g
Stock or Broth750 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the shrimp well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the shrimp out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the shrimp, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — spanish cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: CAMARONES A LA CRIOLLA (Shrimp in Creole Sauce) | Delish D'Lites | Puerto Rican Dishes · on YouTube