Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Recipe #11: Big Ball O' Shrimp Scampi

Best recipe thus far!  AMAZING!  So THIS TIME ONLY I'm offering the complete recipe.
You need: 

  • A little beer (a shot glass is about right).
  • About an ounce of canned jalapenos.  chopped.
  • juice of one lemon.
  • 4 cloves of garlic or 1 teaspoon of minced garlic (more is better).
  • 3 TABLEspoons of chopped parsley
  • 3 TABLEspoons of butter.
  • 1/2 TEAspoon of lemon-pepper seasoning.
  • 1 pound of peeled, deveined, detailed shrimp.  thawed.
  • 1/2 box of thin spaghetti or angel hair pasta
Line a medium-sized bowl with tinfoil.  Put everything but the pasta in it and crumple up the top to make a big shiney ball (Hence the name of the recipe!).  Let it marinade on the counter while you fire up the grill to medium-hot (This CAN also be done in a saute pan.  See below).  
Grill it for 20-30 minutes.  While it cooks make the pasta according to the directions on the box.  The STUFF in the bag makes a pesto.    Toss the contents of the bag with the pasta and eat up.  SO GOOD.  One rule:  There is no such thing as too much garlic.


Grilled shrimp, cooked in parsley, butter, beer and garlic.
Tossed with pasta.  YUMMM
SAUTED on the stove top:  Heat butter. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes. Add shrimp to butter and saute 5 minutes over medium heat or until shrimp are pink. Remove shrimp to hot platter. Add parsley, jalapenos and beer to butter in pan. Increase heat and saute 30 seconds. Toss shrimp and sauce with the pasta.  Eat up!

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