Sunday, January 24, 2010

Eating Good Part 2 - New Orleans Shrimp

Here's what else I cooked today....  and I promise, this is not going to turn into an all cooking blog!  There are many who do it much better than I can....and I bow to them.  I'll just post recipes occasionally, as long as they turned out well, and it's something that falls into line with my DS eating plans.
  BBQ in the East means something much different that in New Orleans.  Up here, it's grilled meat, and BBQ sauce.  In NOLA, it was heaven.  Buttery, spicy sauce over perfect shrimp...  I tried to recreate it a few times, and this recipe seems to the the easiest at capturing what I remember from my trip.

The recipe is from allrecipes.com.  ID # 12853.  I morphed it down to make 2 servings, and cooked it all in my cast iron Dutch oven, on top of the stove.  I also am new to photographing food, so it actually tastes great, but looks foamy in these pics!  Sorry,  I'll work on it!
   Recipe:  Barbecued Shrimp
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup olice oil
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2/3 lemon, sliced
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1/8 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 clove garlic
1/8 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined.
    Heat butter and olive oil in Dutch oven.  Add all flavoring/spices and mix well.  Simmer 5 minutes.  Add shrimp, stir to coat,  and cook covered for 3-4 minutes.  Stir and cook until done,  (another minute or so...watch the shrimp turn from translucent to white).  I serve it hot with the butter sauce.  For non-DS'ers, you can add crusty bread to dip in the extra sauce, or some rice...  I just eat the shrimp and sauce to stay low carb.  Yummy!!!!   Another recipe that takes 10 minutes to make,and feeds me several meals.  Cleaning the shrimp takes the longest.... but they are worth the few minutes!   MC

1 comment:

  1. I'm always looking for fun ways to cook shrimp! Thanks for this. I agree, I bow to those who can cook...LOL...because I'm not great with it but, like you, I sometimes put something together that actually turns out! :)

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