Pickled Shrimp Coctail

By cindygwest

Ingredients

• Boil:
• 2 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 T. Old Bay Seasoning
• Combine:
• 2 cups thinly sliced white onion
• 1 large lemon, thinly sliced
• 6 fresh bay leaves
• 1/2 cup each olive oil and distilled white vinegar or rice vinegar
• 1 t. kosher salt
• 1/2 t. each celery seed, mustard seed, Tabasco sauce, coarsely ground black pepper, and sugar

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Boil shrimp in a pot of water with Old Bay until cooked, 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a bowl of ice water to cool. Drain shrimp, transfer to a bowl, and set aside.

Combine onion, lemon, bat leaves, oil, vinegar, salt, celery seed, mustard seed, Tabasco, pepper, and sugar; toss with shrimp. Cover shrimp and chill at least 24 hours or up to 2 days, stirring occasionally. Bring shrimp to room temperature before serving.