Spicy Ale Shrimp
- Ready In:
- 13mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
15-20 shrimp
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 3 (12 ounce) bottles pilsner beer, divided
- 1 tablespoon seafood boil, blend (I use OLD BAY!)
- 1 teaspoon white peppercorns or 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 lemon, sliced into quarters
- 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- seafood cocktail sauce, for serving
directions
- Place 2 bottles of beer, Old Bay, peppercorns or mustard seeds, red pepper flakes, bay leaves in a large stockpot.
- Squeeze lemon juice into pot and add lemon quarters.
- Stir well.
- Bring mixture to a simmer over medium high heat.
- In the meantime, pour the remaining bottle of beer into a large bowl filled with ice, and set aside.
- Once the beer mixture on the stove comes to a simmer, add shrimp.
- Give pot a shake to make sure all shrimp get covered in the beer and spices, cover, and remove from the heat.
- Let pot sit for 3 minutes to cook shrimp.
- Drain liquid and transfer shrimp to the bowl of beer and ice in order to stop the cooking.
- Shrimp can be placed in the fridge in the ice mixture until ready to serve.
- When cool, remove shrimp from the bowl, arrange on a platter, and serve with your favorite cocktail sauce.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kozmic Blues
Providence, Rhode Island
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