Spicy Orange Garlic Shrimp (Pioneer Woman)

By sybrmom

Ingredients

• 24 (frozen) Raw Shell-on Shrimp // I’m Using the 26-30 Per Pound Size
• 3/4 Cup Orange Juice
• 2 Cloves Garlic (2 to 4)
• 3 Tablespoons Salted Butter
• 1/2 Tsp Ground Cayenne Pepper
• 1 Tsp Old Bay Seasoning

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from thepioneerwoman.com

Preparation

Step 1

I'm running the frozen shrimp under cold water for a few minutes, then peeling away the outer shell. If you pinch the upper part of the tail, it should pop out for you, leaving a nice clean, naked shrimp. Once you’ve got a couple dozen of these nice, clean, naked shrimp, you can lay them out on a paper towel to dry off while we prepare the Spicy Orange Garlic part of our Spicy Orange Garlic Shrimp. Start by thinly slicing the garlic cloves (I’m using three big ones). Add the garlic slices to 3/4 cup Orange Juice. Measure out the spices. Add all the Cayenne and Old Bay to the Garlic Orange Juice. Give it all a good stir. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a frying pan over high heat. Stainless steel or non-stick will work fine for this. You’re going to want to have those shrimp ready to add to the hot pan once all the butter has melted. Quickly add shrimp into the pan working from the outside edge inward. The very center of the pan is typically the hottest and we don’t want our middle-child shrimp to get overdone. After you’ve got all of the shrimp in the pan, wait for about 30-60 seconds and begin flipping the shrimp over (try to start with the first shrimp you put in the hot pan). Tongs are great for this. After another 30-60 seconds the shrimp should now be cooked through, and should have an opaque quality about them. Remove the cooked shrimp from the pan, leaving the heat on high. Allow the pan to sit on the heat until it begins to smoke a little. When you see smoke, add the Spicy Orange Garlic mix to the pan and give it all stir. Add the final tablespoon of butter to the sauce and after a few minutes of cooking and occasional stirring, we should have a thicker sauce that leaves “pan trails” when scraped through. Return the shrimp back to the pan and give them a good toss and coat with their new lover. Allow the intermingling of souls to take place for just a few seconds…and then it’s time for the real fireworks. Appetizer or Entree; these mouthwatering provisions will MELT. IN. YOUR. MOUTH.