New Orleans Famous Barbecued Shrimp Recipes

NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BARBECUED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, shallot and garlic. Cook, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until the shallots are soft and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the lemon slices and cook until they begin to brown, about 1 minute longer, then stir in the shrimp, paprika, thyme, black pepper and salt. Add the Worcestershire sauce and 3 tablespoons water and bring the liquid to a simmer.
• Cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are beginning to turn pink, about 2 minutes. Add the butter cubes and swirl the pan to combine. Allow the sauce to simmer until the shrimp are pink and just opaque all the way through, another 3 to 4 minutes. Serve with lots of napkins and some crusty bread for sopping up the sauce.

THE BEST NEW ORLEANS BBQ SHRIMP. EVER.

Steps:

• Put the shrimp in one layer in a shallow baking dish that can go in the broiler and sprinkle lightly with coarse sea salt.
• Dice the onion up and smash the garlic really well with the flat side of a big knife. Don't cut up the garlic, just smash it.
• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and saute the onions until they're translucent.
• Add the smashed garlic, lemon zest, and the butter to the saucepan. Stir it up.
• Once the butter has melted, add all the seasonings - garlic powder, crab boil, LOTS of cracked pepper (I don't know my exact measurement but I'd say probably 30 "cracks" of the pepper cracker), and 4 big slugs from the Worchestershire sauce bottle. Keep stirring.
• Taste to see if it's spicy enough for you, and if it isn't, add some cayenne - there's cayenne in the crab boil, but some people like a higher level of spiciness than the crab boil can provide.
• Dump in 2 more tablespoons of olive oil and the juice of the lemon while continuously stirring.
• Add half of the beer (keep stirring!) and drink the rest (while stirring.) Once all the foam from the beer is gone and it's bubbling again it's ready.
• Pour the sauce over the shrimp in the baking dish, stir it around, and put it in the broiler.
• Broil for 8 minutes and then stir it up and broil for 5 more minutes (longer if your shrimp are super gigantic) until the shrimp look done (nice and pink) and you have some good brown crusties on top. The shallower your dish is the better it will be - you want the sauce to almost just barely-ish not cover the shrimp so the little bit of exposed surface browns.
• Let it rest for 10 minutes before eating. Serve in a bowl with tons of sauce and hot french bread for dipping!

NEW ORLEANS FAMOUS BARBECUED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a frying pan, fry bacon until clear.
• Add margarine and all other ingredients except shrimp.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Place shrimp, in a single layer, in a baking dish and pour sauce over the top.
• Stir to coat.
• Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Stir once or twice.
• Serve immediately.
• You can peel these when you eat them, but not before.
• Serve with plenty of napkins!