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Drunken Spicy Shameless Shrimp with Brazen Cocktail Sauce

These delectable shrimp boiled in beer and rolled in lots of spice and garlic are our most popular appetizer. Their “a-peel” has always been in the roll-up-your-sleeves sloppy nature of eating ‘em. There’s nothin’ polite about ‘em, and that’s the way we like it.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    feed 6 to 8

Ingredients

The Shrimp

2 bottles or cans (12 ounces each) domestic beer
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 cups water
2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
2 pounds large shrimp in the shell
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons Creole Seasoning (page 167)

The Sauce

2 cups Mutha Sauce (page 165)
1 cup prepared horseradish
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Juice of 1/4 lime
Juice of 1/4 lemon
2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Pour the beer, vinegar, and water into a high-sided pan. Add the Old Bay seasoning, cover, and blast the heat up high. When it boils rapidly, add the shrimp. Cover again and cook for 2 minutes, or til the shrimp turn pink and the flesh is just opaque. Drain the shrimp in a colander and cover with a layer of ice to chill them down just enough to stop the cooking. Throw the shrimp into a bowl and toss with the garlic and Creole Seasoning. (They can be eaten warm or chilled.)

    Step 2

    Whip all of the ingredients for the cocktail sauce together in a bowl, and serve with that mess of shrimp.

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