Hot and spicy shrimp
Hot and spicy shrimp recipe in the seafood category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 pound butter
- 1/4 cup peanut oil
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons rosemary
- 1 teaspoon chopped basil
- 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
- 1 teaspoon chopped oregano
- 1 small hot pepper, chopped, or 2 tablespoons ground cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 pounds raw shrimp in their shells
- Salt
Recipe method:
- Shrimp should be of a size to number 30-35 per pound.
- Melt the butter and oil in a flameproof baking dish.
- Add the garlic, herbs, peppers, bay leaves, paprika and lemon juice. Bring to a boil.
- Turn the heat down and simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Remove the dish from the heat and let the flavors marry at least 30 minutes.
- This hot butter sauce can be made a day in advance and refrigerated.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Reheat the sauce, add the shrimp and cook over medium heat until the shrimp just turn pink, then bake in the oven about 30 minutes more.
- Taste for seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
- Sop up butter sauce with crusty bread after the shrimp have been eaten.
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