Spanish recipes
31 Spanish recipes for a home kitchen, from 10 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
20 min
Spanish · dinner
Garlic shrimp with chile oil
Shrimp cooked fast in garlicky olive oil with a pinch of dried chile, in the style of Spanish tapas bars. Lemon and parsley brighten it, and bread mops up the oil.
20 min
Spanish · dinner
Garlic and parsley octopus
Seared octopus tossed with tender potatoes, garlic, parsley and lemon.
25 min
Spanish · dinner
Clams with butter beans and white wine
Clams steamed open in wine, with creamy butter beans warmed in the briny broth they leave behind.
25 min
Spanish · dinner
Squid and chickpeas with smoked paprika
Quickly seared squid rings over warm chickpeas flavored with garlic, smoked paprika and sherry vinegar. A Spanish-style skillet supper.
30 min
Spanish · dinner
Spanish tuna with sherry onions
Seared tuna steaks topped with slowly cooked sherry-vinegar onions and a hint of oregano. The onions do most of the work.
30 min
Spanish · dinner
Mackerel escabeche
Seared mackerel fillets laid over sweet pepper, carrot and shallot softened in a sherry vinegar broth. Rich fish against tart, sweet vegetables, ready in about 30 minutes.
35 min
Spanish · dinner
Shrimp and squid fideuà
Short noodles are toasted, then cooked in a tomato-seafood stock and topped with squid and shrimp, like a paella made with pasta.
40 min
Spanish · dinner
Basque tuna and potato marmitako
A Basque fisherman-style stew of potatoes, peppers and tomato paste in fish stock, with chunks of fresh tuna cooked briefly at the end.
40 min
Spanish · dinner
Spanish chorizo and potato stew
Chunks of Yukon Gold potato simmered with cured chorizo, onion and smoked paprika until the broth turns thick and red. Hearty Spanish fare from a single pot.
40 min
Spanish · dinner
Grilled stuffed squid
Whole squid stuffed with herby breadcrumbs, garlic and chorizo, grilled and drizzled with lemon.
45 min
Spanish · dinner
Shrimp and mussel rice with lemon aioli
Bomba rice simmered in tomato and seafood stock, steamed with shrimp and mussels until tender, and served with garlicky lemon aioli.
45 min
Spanish · dinner
Skillet shrimp and pepper paella
Saffron rice with red bell pepper and tomato, simmered in a wide skillet and topped with shrimp and a squeeze of lemon.
60 min
Spanish · dinner
Albacore tuna conserva with marinated heirloom beans
Albacore loin gently poached in an herb and garlic-infused oil until just flaky and supple, served in chunks over sherry-vinegar marinated beans with good bread.
60 min
Spanish · dinner
Seafood paella
Saffron bomba rice cooked in seafood stock with shrimp, mussels, clams and squid, with a crisp socarrat.
75 min
Spanish · dinner
Open-fire chicken and summer vegetable paella
A Valencian-style paella cooked in a wide, shallow pan over a wood fire: browned chicken and farmers-market vegetables, saffron broth and bomba rice left alone so it forms a crispy socarrat.
180 min
Spanish · dinner
Fabada asturiana
Asturian white bean stew slow-cooked with chorizo, morcilla, pork belly and saffron.
Lunch & snacks
10 min
Spanish · lunch
Pan con tomate
Crisp toast rubbed with garlic and ripe tomato, finished with olive oil and flaky salt.
15 min
Spanish · lunch
Sardine and roasted pepper toast
Garlic-rubbed toast piled with vinegar-sharpened roasted peppers and big flakes of olive oil sardines. Ready in 15 minutes from the pantry.
15 min
Spanish · lunch
Tomato gazpacho with white beans
A chilled blend of tomato, cucumber and red pepper, with white beans for a creamy body.
15 min
Spanish · lunch
Tomato and sobrasada toast bites
Crisp toasted baguette spread with ready-to-eat sobrasada and topped with oven-roasted cherry tomatoes. A fast bite with sweet, tangy and smoky notes.
20 min
Spanish · lunch
Chilled cucumber gazpacho
A green, no-cook summer soup blended with bread so it's silky. Serve very cold.
20 min
Spanish · lunch
Andalusian tomato gazpacho
Chilled blended soup of ripe tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, garlic, sherry vinegar and olive oil.
40 min
Spanish · lunch
Spanish potato tortilla
A thick, tender omelet of slow-cooked potato and onion, set in a skillet and cut into wedges.
45 min
Spanish · lunch
Oven patatas bravas
Crisp oven-roasted potato cubes with a smoky tomato and paprika sauce sharpened with sherry vinegar.
60 min
Spanish · lunch
Escalivada (Catalan smoky roasted vegetables)
Eggplant, peppers and onion charred whole, peeled into strips and dressed with olive oil and sherry vinegar.
90 min
Spanish · lunch
Spanish chicken croquetas
Crisp breadcrumb shells around a molten, creamy béchamel filling studded with shredded chicken and a little jamón.
90 min
Spanish · lunch
Pulpo a la gallega
Galician tender boiled octopus on potatoes with olive oil, sweet and hot paprika and flaky salt.
Breakfast
15 min
Spanish · breakfast
Potato chip tortilla española
Shortcut Spanish omelet made with kettle chips instead of fried potatoes.
45 min
Spanish · breakfast
Tortilla de papas (Spanish potato omelet)
Thick potato and onion omelet slow-cooked in olive oil, set but still juicy in the middle.
50 min
Spanish · breakfast
Tortilla española (tortilla de patatas)
Spain's thick potato and onion omelette, slow-poached in olive oil and flipped to a golden, just-set center.
Baking & sweets
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