Patatas Bravas

Easy Spanish Tapas Recipes

5 EASY SPANISH Tapas recipes! All the favorites from the tapas bar - including Spanish Garlic Prawns, Garlic Mushrooms, Spanish Marinated Olives and more!

Small Plates: 4 Spanish Tapas That Use Only 4 Ingredients Each

Intended as a cheap way to draw customers into drinking establishments, the most traditional tapas are easy to make, inexpensive, and go perfectly with booze. Nobody wants throwing a party to be a chore, least of all the cook. In that spirit, here are 4 simple tapas that require only 4 ingredients (aside from salt, pepper, and olive oil). They're guaranteed to get the mixers mixing and the shakers shaking.

Lemon Manchego Toasts with Green Olive Tapenade

Here's an easy vegetarian party appetizer idea. Lemon Manchego Toasts with Green Olive Tapenade. Deceptively easy, and really tasty. They're super easy to make in bulk, so if you have your own sad, forgotten jar of olives in the fridge with no where to go, give this recipe a try.

Gambas al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)

One of the most popular Spanish tapas dishes, Gambas al Ajillo or Garlic Shrimp, is as easy to make as it is delicious. Serve it with crusty bread to soak up the garlic infused oil!

Anchovy, Red Pepper, and Manchego Pintxos

Anchovy fillets, roasted red peppers, and Manchego cheese are spiked onto a garlic-rubbed baguette round and quickly toasted under the broiler. A drizzle of sherry vinegar right before serving provides some sharp acidity to cut through the saltiness of the anchovy, and nuttiness of the cheese. Salty, tangy, and crisp, these pintxos are great pre-cursors to a glass of wine or beer.

Barceloneta Potato Bombas

Potato Bombas are breaded and fried mashed potato balls with meat filling. An invention hailing from the Barceloneta beachside neighborhood of Barcelona, these are must-have tapas dish.

A Trio of Pinchos: Basque Country Favorites

Pinchos, or pintxos, are a Spanish snack related to tapas, but usually served on bread and skewered with toothpicks to keep the toppings on the bread (and to keep track of how many one’s eaten as the toothpicks pile up)

Spanish-Style Migas With Chorizo, Peppers, and Kale

Take a page out of the Spanish shepherding culinary repertoire, and make a meal this traditional Spanish tapa out of crispy breadcrumbs, chorizo, and hearty vegetables.

Spanish Tortilla (Omelette)

One of the greatest omelettes in the world, the Spanish Tortilla is an omelette made with just potatoes, onion, olive and eggs. The potatoes are so creamy!

Patatas Bravas (Fierce Potatoes)

A classic Spanish tapas dish, these patatas bravas are roasted instead of fried for a lighter but just as delicious outcome.