Shrimp with Fra Diavolo sauce

Fra Diavolo (from Fra Diavolo, nickname of 18th century guerrilla leader, in Italian "Friar Devil”) is a spicy Italian-American tomato sauce for pasta or seafood, made with crushed red pepper, garlic, and fresh herbs like parsley and basil.[1] The sauce is made by sauteing chopped onions in olive oil, then adding tomatoes (canned or fresh), crushed red pepper and garlic.[2] Some recipes add white wine.[3] Some versions of Chicken Fra Diavolo are made without tomato sauce.[4][5]

It is unclear how "Fra Diavolo" became attached to the name of a deviled (i.e., spicy) sauce, but the name was possibly influenced either by the nickname of celebrated Italian guerilla/bandit Michele Pezza, or the opera of the same name by Daniel Auber.

References

  1. ↑ "Definition of Fra Diavolo at Merriam-Webster".
  2. ↑ "Spaghetti with Shrimp Fra Diavolo". Today.
  3. ↑ "Shrimp Fra Diavolo". Delish. 25 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Torrisi's Chicken Fra Diavolo". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "How To Turn Up Your Weeknight Chicken Dinner Like a Sicilian". Esquire. March 2015.
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