Fra diavolo sauce

Fra diavolo (from Fra Diavolo, Italian for "Amongst 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]

Shrimp with fra diavolo sauce

It is unclear how "Fra" 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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