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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Fabulously Fast Shrimp

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1 lb of peeled deveined shrimp
  • 8 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup salsa (emeril's is good, but whatever you have works)
  • 1 lemon, juice of
  • 4 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 loaf of sliced baguette

Recipe

  • 1 in an 8-12 inch skillet melt 1 cube of butter over medium heat.
  • 2 add 1 cup of salsa, juice from 1 lemon, and 1 pound of previously peeled and deveined shrimp.
  • 3 turn burner up to medium-high heat and cook shrimp until thoroughly cooked.
  • 4 approximately 5 minutes.
  • 5 remove from heat and stir in 4 tablespoons of fresh cilantro.
  • 6 for speed in preparing this dish, i purchase my shrimp peeled and deveined.
  • 7 if you choose to peel and devein the shrimp yourself, it will add substantial prep time to this dish.
  • 8 this shrimp mixture is very colorful and quite soupy.
  • 9 served as an appetizer it is perfect with sliced baguette bread.
  • 10 the shrimp is delicious in itself, but the bread is perfect for soaking up the delicious broth from this shrimp.
  • 11 the great thing about this, is that it can be served hot or at room temperature.
  • 12 as a main dish this is perfect to pour over leftover cooked rice or pasta!

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