Shrimp With Sun-Dried-Tomato Barbecue Sauce

This is a spicy shrimp dish that goes great with crusty bread to sop up all the sauce. The recipe has a recommendation to serve it with either beer or an Italian Frascati wine. This was given to me by my father's receptionist out of one of her favorite cookbooks (sorry, I don't know the name of it). If I want to save time, I will add pre-cooked shrimp to the sauce and heat them through. This lets you skip the oven step completely.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup sun-dried tomato
• 3  tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 4  teaspoons lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  tablespoons  cooking oil
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 2  jalapeno peppers, seeds and ribs removed, minced
• 1  teaspoon  minced fresh ginger
• 2  teaspoons chili powder
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 lb butter
• 2  lbs  large raw shrimp, shelled

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Put the sun-dried tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and salt into a blender. Blend to a coarse puree.
3. In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over low heat. Add the garlic, jalapeños, and ginger and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the chili powder and black pepper and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds longer. Add the butter and melt. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the tomato mixture. Add the shrimp and stir to combine.
4. Put the shrimp and sauce in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish in an even layer. Bake the shrimp until just done, about 11 minutes.