Cilantro Shrimp

Submitted by PanNan

"This is a spicy, roux based, shrimp dish and is great served over rice or pasta."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1⁄2 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 -2 finely chopped jalapeno
• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped cilantro
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh lime juice, to taste
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice or 1 cup broth, made from the shrimp shells
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• Tabasco sauce

directions

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
2. Stir in flour and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly, to make a golden brown roux.
3. Add onions, celery, jalapeno and garlic.
4. Cook 3 minutes.
5. Gradually stir in clam juice (or shrimp broth).
6. Add cilantro, salt and pepper.
7. Cook 1 more minute.
8. Add shrimp and toss to coat.
9. Cover skillet and cook 3 minutes, or until shrimp is pink and no longer translucent.
10. Remove from heat, add lime juice and season to taste. (Tabasco is our preferred seasoning)
11. Serve immediately with cooked rice or angel hair pasta.

Reviews

[Ronamay]

I can't believe no one has tried this yet..We had this on New Years Day. I know, not very traditional but I'm glad we did. This was delicious! I will save this recipe for Summer meals though because it is so light and refreshing. I used the shrimp broth instead of the clam juice. I forgot to add the lime juice at the end of cooking, so we just squeezed it on our individual servings. Served it over rice.This is a good one to include in a Mexican themed meal. But it actually only served 2..We went back for seconds!

 

[ChefDebs]

delicious recipe, i used gluten free flour for the roux and served with homemade gluten free bread, quinoa and green salad

 

[mjzukoff]

Yummm, over white rice, and looks pretty too! Added 1/2 a red pepper. Don't be afraid to add water to get the sauce the consistancy that you want.

 

[Dr. Jenny]

DH and I had this for lunch today. It was a nice, easy to prepare dish. I used 2 jalapenos unseeded, as well as the tabasco sauce. I thought it had plenty of heat. However, I would have liked it if the taste of the cilantro and lime came through a bit more. I agree with TeresaS's idea about adding some more chopped cilantro over the finished dish. I served this over angel hair pasta.

 

[eillena]

I really liked the idea of this recipe. But there's was way too much butter in this for me :) It was a good dish but I don't think I would make it again.