10-Minute Buffalo Shrimp With Blue Cheese Dip

jonesies's Note:

A new take on an old favorite - shrimp instead of wings. Cooks up even faster than wings and tastes incredible. Taken from the Redbook magazine.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ cup low-fat sour cream
• ½ cup low-fat mayonnaise
• ¼ cup low-fat milk
• 4 ounces blue cheese (about 1 cup)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 ½ lbs large shrimp , shelled, deveined and tails intact
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon parsley , chopped

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine first six ingredients to make blue cheese dip; cover and refrigerate.
2. In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt and cayenne pepper.
3. Add shrimp, tossing to coat.
4. In a large skillet, heat oil, butter and hot sauce.
5. Add shrimp and cook, stirring constantly until lightly browned, about 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Sprinkle blue cheese dip with parsley; serve with shrimp.
7. Serve with carrot and celery sticks on side if desired.

Reviews

[Lt. Amy]

These were pretty tasty and very easy. They are spicy, so watch out. The recipe for the blue cheese dip could be cut in half or even quartered and there would still be plenty for the amount of shrimp the recipe makes.

[Chill]

With a beautiful pic like that, I had to try it. Had it for New Year's Eve and it was delish. I forgot to get blue cheese so we used ranch dressing. Very good, very easy and quick.

[snuqueen]

This was sooo good....took it to an annual Father's Day party and it was gone before everyone got there. I jazzed up the dressing and the flour...also added more hot sauce to the skillet. Next time, I will probably use the deep fryer and then dunk them in sauce made from butter and hot sauce. I had a hard time controlling the heat in the skillet so each batch was different.