Description
This is how I prepare shrimp. You can eat these chilled, with cocktail sauce or add them to your favorite recipe. I love to add these shrimp to coctel de camaron (Mexican shrimp cocktail).
Ingredients
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
- ½ onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon pickling spice
- 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- cold water, as needed
- 1 pound raw shrimp
Instructions
- Mix beer
- onion
- red pepper flakes
- parsley
- salt
- butter
- garlic
- pickling spice
- oregano
- and bay leaves in a saucepan; add enough cold water to fill the saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Drop shrimp into the boiling liquid
- let the mixture return to a boil
- and cook until shrimp are bright pink and the meat is no longer transparent in the center
- about 5 minutes; drain.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 2