Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Shrimp sticks!

I got a comment the other day from someone who asked where my recipe section was. I assume they had confused me with a blogger who can cook!

That's not to say that I don't have a favorite meal that isn't restaurant-bought, though, because I do. It's shrimp sticks!

I buy frozen, extra large, raw, easy peel shrimp with the shell on that are already deveined. Every part of that description is important, from the frozen to the deveined. I mean, why buy trouble and this shrimp is trouble free!


Defrosting is simple. I just run cool water into a bowl of shrimp until it's easy to pinch the tail off and strip off the rest of the shell.


A peeled shrimp minus tail and shell looks like this.


I run a food stick into the middle of their little bodies. Notice I broke the stick to fit my pan size.



I melt butter in a pan, add a couple slices of fresh garlic, and grill them shrimpies until pink on one side. Then I flip them over, and grill until pink on the other side. You want the shrimp pink and opaque, not pale and translucent.


Flipping the shrimp is where the stick comes in handy. It only takes a second to flip them all, whereas if I flipped them one by one, some may be overdone while others may be underdone because of the time it would take.


Now for the dipping sauce. This is personal but I use about 2 tablespoons of horseradish sauce (I like Kraft), a teaspoon of ketchup (I like Hunt's), and four drops of hot sauce. Mix it up good. Taste to see if you'd like more of one thing or another.


Serve with brown rice, a vegetable, and maybe a roll.


Shrimp and sauce are great for a snack too!

11 comments:

  1. This looks super yummy! Easy too.

    -FringeGirl

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  2. You're making my stomache growl! Looks delicious!

    LaurieAnna

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  3. Looks really good! I'm still trying to figure out how a shrimp gets deveined with the shell on.

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  4. Yum! Looks good! Next time, try placing a slice of fresh jalapeno next to the shrimp and then wrap it in bacon and then cook em as you show! IT man will like em!

    Malisa

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  5. I've peeled many a shrimp, but I don't ever remember anyone deveining before peeling. That I'd like to see. And I'd like to see more shrimp on that plate, sitting in front of me. Gawd, that looks goooood. PJ

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  6. How about Pj and me coming for dinner? When is it good for you Pj? I have a few treasures for you also, I hope we can see if this shrimp tastes as good as it looks! and please dont let Cher convince you of her inability to cook, she is just trying to keep people from arriving on her door step for a meal... and like PJ I would like more shrimp on my sticks.
    Renee

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  7. That looks good and easy! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. We are planning on having shrimp tonight for dinner. Your recipe looks easy and will try the sauce out for size. Yummy!
    Joyce

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  9. That looks great. I've done those on the grill

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  10. Where were you today, Cher? Heck, it was Wacky Wednesday...the Never Ending Story! It wasn't the same without you putting your little perverted sexual twists on it! :)

    Malisa

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  11. Oh, that looks good. And can I just say I appreciate you using Hunts in stead of Heinz? cause we all know where heinz came from!!!! Lauri@chippys

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