Blackened Shrimp

"I guarantee that this will wake up every single one of your heat-loving taste buds!"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix spice ingredients thoroughly in a small bowl (make a double or triple batch and store the remainder for later use!) Dredge shrimp through the mixture.
  • Place a large skillet over a very high heat, and melt the butter.
  • Place the shrimp in the skillet and turn heat down to medium.
  • Cook on both sides for approximately 7 minutes (maybe less) each- pay attention to the shrimp as they cook quickly; when the shrimp curl, they are done.
  • Optional – sprinkle the vegetables with the spice mix and sauté in the butter in the same skillet.
  • Serve with lots of garlic bread and ice-cold beer or chilled white wine.

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Reviews

  1. Super delicious! We were all licking our fingers. I used much less cayenne, and they were still pretty spicy. Everyone started coughing while this was frying...guess the spices were overwhelming us...ha! ha!
     
  2. WOW, if you like spicy you will love this, we did!!!!!! We used the entire 2 tsp of cayenne and loved it, we did drink several beers to cool our mouths!!!!! We also added the veggies, 8oz of sliced mushrooms, 1 can of diced tomato's, 1 onion sliced into rings and 2 green peppers cut into rings. Excelent!!!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!!
     
  3. This was fabulous. I served it with Lemon Garlic Pasta. My family loved it. Thank you so much.
     
  4. This is one of those recipes I wish I could give more than 5 stars. I prepared it as directed, and took a chance by adding all the cayenne, it was spicy, but it was so very good. I added sliced, fresh mushrooms, red pepper, green pepper, and some onion. It all came together perfectly. Definately a recipe I will make again and again!
     
  5. Just a thought - most people buy shrimp by the pound. They come in all sizes so specifying a number of shrimp, even if you say large, makes the exercize more complicated. For four people I would say around a pound and a half - maybe 2 pounds if they are hungry
     
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Tweaks

  1. I was looking for a recipe that resembles a dish at our local cajun restaurant and this is it! Since I used garlic pepper instead of the garlic, I didn't add any salt and only used 1/2 tsp of black pepper instead of a full tsp. I omitted the cayenne since I have small children, which love this recipe btw. The seasoning is also great on fish and chicken as well.
     
  2. Cajun cooking is about melding many flavors ... it is not about hot. This recipe is almost perfect ... I substituted garlic powder for the raw garlic, and reduced by half the basil and thyme, and added 1 teaspoon of marjoram. Marjoram is the herb of choice, when you will subject the recipe to grilling or high-heat. We used the recipe as a topping for fettucini alfredo ... to die for!!!!!
     
  3. Mille, you most certainly can claim bragging rights. I made two slight changes to the blackening spice mix. I increased the sea salt to 1 1/2 tsp and used garlic powder instead of fresh garlic. The end result was a mixture of delectable buttery and spicey shrimp that will prove you can talk the talk AND walk the walk. Oh, a good accompaniment is with Denise in NH's Recipe #26440
     

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