Camarones a la Diabla is a bold and spicy Mexican shrimp dish that’s packed with flavor.
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Juicy shrimp are simmered in a fiery red sauce that brings just the right amount of heat.
Serve with Arroz Mexicano, it’s a quick and delicious meal that’s perfect for anyone who loves a little spice in their food.
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🌶️ How to Rehydrate Dried Chiles
- Place the dried guajillo chiles and chile de árbol chiles in a stock pot.
- Cover with water.
- Bring to a boil.
- Let sit for 5 minutes, or until pliable.
😈 What is Diabla sauce?
Diabla sauce is made with rehydrated guajillo and chile de arbol peppers. Then blend the chiles with garlic, onion, chipotle peppers and other ingredients to create the spicy sauce. It is so incredibly delicious and ready in minutes.
👩🏼🍳 How to Make the Diabla Sauce
- Add all the adobo sauce ingredients to the blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Strain the bright red chile pepper sauce and set aside until ready to use.
🔥 How to Adjust the Heat
This sauce packs a punch, but it’s devilishly delicious. If the sauce is too spicy, add another tomato. Many people will use 2 tablespoon ketchup to tame the heat. Ketchup will also thicken the diablo sauce.
You’ll hear this recipe also referred to as:
- Diablo Shrimp
- Mexican Deviled Shrimp
- Camaron a la Diabla
- Camarones ala Diabla
- Camaron ala Diabla
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the shrimp and cook for 2 minutes.
How to Properly Thaw Shrimp: Overnight in the fridge is the best way to thaw shrimp. Fresh shrimp can last up to 2 days in the fridge.
- Add the spicy red sauce to the skillet.
Make the sauce ahead of time. It will last in the freezer in an airtight, sealable bag for up to 6 months. Or, place in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- For tender shrimp, cook them just until they turn pink.
- Then turn off the heat.
To make this la diabla recipe, I used LARGE shrimp. Jumbo size shrimp will require more time to cook. About a minute or 2 extra.
Storing and Reheating:
- Place any leftovers in a airtight container. Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Reheat on the stove in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until hot.
Pro Tips
🌟 Buy shrimp that is already deveined. It’ll make cooking this dish easier.
🌟 Be very careful not to overcook the shrimp, or they will become rubbery.
🌟 Dried chiles can be dusty especially if you’re buying them directly from Mexico. Or, you might find bugs inside. Discard the water that was used in the rehydration process. Best to use fresh water in the next step.
🦐 More Mexican Shrimp Recipes
Camarones a la Diabla, or Mexican Deviled Shrimp, is devilishly good! Big, succulent shrimp in a spicy and flavorful sauce to juicy perfection.
Serve this shrimp dish lime wedges, Arroz Blanco, warm tortillas, and enjoy.
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Camarones a la Diabla, or Mexican Deviled Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb large shrimp
- 4 guajillo chiles
- 3 chile de arbol
- 2 cups water
- 3 tomatoes halved
- ½ chipotle pepper
- ½ onion diced (divided)
- 1 garlic clove finely diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- ½ tspn Pepper
Instructions
- Seed and devein the guajillo chiles and chile de arbol.
- In a stock pot, add the chiles.
- Add enough water to cover the chiles, about 2 cups.
- Bring to a boil. Turn heat off and let the chiles sit in the hot water for 5 minutes or until the chiles are soft.
- Discard water.
- To the blender, add reconstituted chiles, tomatoes, chipotle pepper, ¼ onion, garlic, and salt.
- Blend until smooth, strain the sauce, and set aside.
- Peel the shrimp.
- Add salt and pepper to the shrimp.
- In a large pan, heat olive oil.
- Add the remaining onion. Stirring constantly for 1 minute.
- Add the shrimp. Stir constantly and cook for 2 minutes.
- Do not overcook the shrimp, or they will be rubbery.
- Make sure the heat is on low and add the tomato chile sauce.
- Stir and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Taste for salt.
- Serve with white rice and lime wedge.
- Enjoy.
Wow! This dish is so amazing!
It is so easy and so delicious, perfect for tonight’s dinner.
Glad to know you enjoyed the recipe!
Wow! This dish looks amazingly delicious and very enticing! With the spicy sauce for the shrimp, it is so perfect! It’s like my saying “Whenever I SEA food, I get hungry”.
Thank you for your comment on my Camarones a la diabla recipe. And I couldn’t agree more with your saying – whenever I see this dish, my mouth starts watering!
This was a great shrimp recipe! I made it on Friday for a meatless meal, and everyone loved it! Will definitely make this shrimp again!
It’s always great to have delicious meatless options and this Camarones a la Diabla dish is a great choice. I hope you make it again soon!
Wow, this shrimp sounds delicious! I love cooking and eating shrimp, so very excited to give this recipe a try!
Camarones a la diabla is definitely a must-try for any seafood lover, and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.
The recipe calls for “1/2 chipotle pepper.” Does this mean 1/2 a 7 oz can of chipotle peppers in adodo sauce or 1/2 of a single chipotle pepper?
Thanks for noticing! A single chipotle pepper in adobo. If it had been a can, I would have noted it. Sorry for the confusion. I’ll add that the recipe card.
Made this recipe and it was so good! The sauce was a little runny but I just added corn starch to thicken it up and it tasted delicious!
That’s a great way to thicken it up. Or, try adding tomato paste to the camarones a la diabla sauce.
So yummy! Gow delicious this recipe is! I love the flavor, the color and spiciness of it.
So glad you liked it! I love this recipe
These flavors are so amazing! I love the heat with shrimp, so delicious!
So glad you enjoyed this!
Delicious! I’m so glad I tried it. I may have left out a couple of the chile de arbol. I’m a wimp, I admit it. Still so good, though!
So glad you enjoyed this! This recipe is amazing
This sauce is incredibly flavorful! What a delicious recipe for dinner!
I think so too delicious. Glad you liked it!
That sauce looks amazing and love the color. I could eat shrimp all the time, so glad to have a new recipe to try.
Hop you try this recipe! So yummy
Maggie, going to make the Mexican Shrimp Cocktail for Super Bowl Sunday. Going to have my fiancee’s family over for the game. Do you have a recipe for shrimp cerviche? The last recipe I tried didn’t much like it. I’ve tried it at our favorite Mexican restaurant in town and loved it. Thanks
Yes, it’s one of my most popular recipes. Here is my Shrimp Ceviche recipe https://inmamamaggieskitchen.com/shrimp-ceviche-ceviche-de-camaron/
This dish looks super yummy- I really appreciate the inclusion of the video as well. Thanks!
Thank you very much! Hope you try it!
We love Mexican flavors plus shrimp is all time favorite. Cant wait to try this delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing.
This recipe It’s amazing. Hope you try it!
What a lovely recipe. So easy to make and yet so delicious. I will save this on my menu for next week to give it a try. Can’t wait.
So glad you enjoyed this Natalie!
I love spicy food and I love seafood so this recipe is calling my name. I’ve never used rehydrated chilis before. I’m looking forward to trying them!
Hope you try this recipe. It’s delicious!
The spicy flavor was amazing! I paired this up with pasta and it was out of this world. I am going to make this again!
Happy to see you liked it!
Flavorful and under 30 minutes? This is perfection! Also love that this is a meal that we can make together!
Right? So easy and delicious
There are few things better than making sauces at home, and this one looks delish. Thanks for the tips on how to work with the dried chiles and how to adjust the heat level of the sauce.
Hope you try it! It’s really yummy
That chile de arbol! So much flavor, and such an easy recipe. Thank you so much for sharing! Exactly what I was looking for 🙂
So glad you enjoyed this!
I was looking for a different pasta recipe, but when I found this in my google search I thought it would taste great over linguini. I was so right. Perfectly spiced, not too overwhelming, and full of flavor.
Glad you enjoyed this Marta! Love this recipe too
I love spicy food and I have been looking for new recipes to use my chile de árbol and this is perfect!
Then this is the perfect recipe! Hope you try it