New Orleans BBQ Shrimp

By Booper-2

Ingredients

• Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup hot sauce (or to taste)
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/3 cup beer, wine or broth
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (~1/2 lemon)
• 2 teaspoons creole seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined *
• 2 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• salt to taste
• french bread

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from closetcooking.com

Preparation

Step 1

directions

Melt the butter in a pan over medium-high heat, add the garlic, saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds, add the hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, beer, lemon juice, creole seasoning and pepper, bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce is reduced by half, about 5-7 minutes.

Add the shrimp and cook until cooked through, about 2-3 minutes per side depending on the size of the shrimp.

Reduce the heat to medium-low, stir in the chilled butter until it melts and season with salt to taste.

: * Normally the shrimp would be served in the shells with the heads still on but if you have some squeamish eaters, just remove the shells and make things easier at the dinner table.

: Different hot sauces have different levels of heat and everyone has a different tolerance to heat so add the hot sauce a little at a time until you get it to the level of heat that you desire. (I tend use Franks Red hot sauce.)

: Instead of simmering to reduce the sauce by half to thicken it, you could add corn starch mixed into cold water to thicken it and save some time.