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Drunken Shrimp

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dinner

Tags: boiled, easy, main course, recipes using beer, recipes using butter, recipes using shrimp, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ADrunken_Shrimp)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ADrunken%20Shrimp&oldid=4508326

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 48 jumbo peeled, deveined shrimp
  • 12 oz beer (recommended: Budweiser)
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, divided

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add shrimp and cook until slightly undercooked. Quickly place shrimp in ice water and drain. Set aside.
  2. Season shrimp with salt and pepper. Deglaze pot with beer and add shrimp. Bring to a simmer over medium low heat.
  3. Once beer simmers, lower heat to low and cook 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in butter 1 tbsp at a time and serve warm.