Tequila Shrimp

Submitted by Mrs.Habu

"This is a very quick and easy recipe that will impress everyone. The shrimp is rather spicy but the cilantro and tangyness of the rice mixture nicely balances the spicy seasonings. This recipe came from the July 2002 Cooking Light magazine."

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 396.89 g bag boil-in-bag long-grain rice (if no time constraints) or 473.18 ml jasmine rice (if no time constraints)
• 2.46 ml salt, divided
• 1.23 ml ground red pepper
• 1.23 ml chili powder
• 0.61 ml ground cumin
• 0.61 ml black pepper
• 680.38 g peeled and deveined large shrimp
• 29.58 ml vegetable oil, divided
• 9.85 ml instant minced garlic
• 118.29 ml tequila
• 29.58 ml minced fresh cilantro, divided
• 29.58 ml fresh lime juice

directions

1. Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
2. While rice cooks, combine 1/4 tsp salt, the red pepper, chili powder, cumin and black pepper in a large zip-top plastic bag.
3. Add shrimp to bag.
4. Seal and shake to coat.
5. Heat 1 tbl oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
6. Add shrimp to skillet, cook for 3 minutes, turning once.
7. Add garlic, saute for 1 minute.
8. Add tequila and 1 tbl cilantro.
9. Cook for a further minute.
10. Combine 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tbl oil and lime juice then pour over the cooked rice Serve shrimp over rice mixture.
11. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Miss Annie]

This is a very nice dish, and we enjoyed it a lot. The dish looked beautiful. I didn't change anything. I wonder if the next time I make this, can I add the lime juice to the shrimp rather than the rice? It made the rice a little tart for me. I think it would add a fresh, zippy taste to the shrimp. When I make this again, and I will, I will try it and share the results with you. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

 

[TracyB]

Since I had left-over rice from the other night, this receipe came together in about five minutes. The flavor was awesome, not at ALL spicy but flavorful. The downside was that it was so good, there was nothing left over for lunch.

 

[Derf2440]

Hope you don't mind, I was looking for an appetizer and loved the sound of the ingredients in this, so I adapted it, just left out the rice. I had to put it together early so I put the bag of prawns with the seasoning in the fridge to marinate for about 2 hours. I was out of cumin so I used coriander and I used roasted garlic, also could not find fresh cilantro, had to use dried which I also added to the marinade with the chili powder and cayenne. When I cooked them I did follow the recipe but instead of adding the salt, oil and lime juice to rice, I added it to the pan just for the last minute. wow was it good!!! it made a fantastic appetizer, so much flavour and served it with chunks of seeded wheat bun to dunk up the wonderful sauce!! I will be making this again , perhaps trying the rice. Thanks for posting.

 

[citaly chavira]

I got high reviews when I cooked this recipe for my boyfriend. I did add more spice to it, and did add the lemon juice straight to the shrimp, not the rice. I made garlic flavored rice with this, and it went perfect. Thanks for the recipe- will definetely make this again!

 

[Jf L.]

Myself and my "special friend" really enjoyed this. The rice I made cilantro, green onion,butter and lime was the perfect match. It's a keeper.