Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce
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This tangy and buttery shrimp with Worcestershire sauce is served over rice. Shrimp are cooked with Worcestershire sauce, butter, onions, garlic, lemon juice, heavy whipping cream, and hot sauce.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Shrimp Ingredients:
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined
- 1 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
Sauce Ingredients:
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup onions, diced
- 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tsp hot sauce
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 tsp salt
- black pepper
Instructions
- Pat shrimp dry with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bring a large pan to medium high heat. Add olive oil and melt butter.
- When melted and slightly sizzling, add the shrimp to the pan in a single layer without crowding the pan. If not, reduce olive oil and butter by half and cook shrimp in two batches.
- Cook shrimp for ~2 minutes per side or until done (usually the first side needs more time to sear than the second side). Try to get it crispy on the outside. Set aside on a plate.
- In the same pan, reduce heat to medium, and add the remaining butter and onions and cook ~ -3-4 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add garlic and rosemary sprig and cook 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
- Stir in Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and hot sauce.
- Bring to a boil and simmer ~ 3 minutes.
- Remove rosemary sprig and whisk in whipping cream.
- Add shrimp and any juices back to pan and simmer ~ 2-3 minutes or until shrimp are hot.
- Add salt and more hot sauce to taste.
- Eat as is, or serve over rice. Happy Eating! Beckie
Notes
- Don't have heavy whipping cream? Try half & half or leave it out. Heavy whipping cream doesn't curdle when heated because of the fat content. Half and half may curdle a bit but it will still be delicious.
- Call ahead to the grocery store and ask the seafood counter person to peel and devein your shrimp.
- Keep the shells and combine with water, salt, and your favorite herb or spices to make a killer homemade seafood stock / broth.
- The hot sauce brings a mild but optional level of heat to the dish. If your dish is too spicy or tangy, mellow it out with a little more heavy whipping cream.
- Line a plate with paper towels and dry the shrimp. This will help them get a crispy brown sear. If there is too much water on the shrimp, they will steam and not sear.
- Don't disturb the shrimp while you cook them. They need time to develop that crisp sear and fond (all the crispy browned bits).
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