• New Oreleans-Style Shrimp

  Filed under Main Dishes - Seafood/Fish
  Jun 8
  
  Reminder to self – when you cut down the portion size of a recipe, you also cut down the cooking time….

  When I saw this recipe in the April Cooking Light, I knew I wanted to try it. The only problem was that it is a “Cajun” style recipe, and I knew my husband wouldn’t like it. So what do I do? I wait until a night that he is working and make it for myself!!

  This could have been a very good recipe. Since I was only feeding myself, I cut it down to a one person serving. I didn’t measure anything – just kind of threw all of the ingredients in. I also used peeled shrimp instead of unpeeled. It would have been perfect, but I wasn’t thinking and still cooked it for about 18 minutes. My shrimp was definitely overdone. The flavor was perfect, so I will make this again sometime and cut back on the cooking time. This was super easy and fast (minus the marinating time) and it actually turned out perfect as a single serving dish (except the cooking time mess up.) I would serve it over noodles or rice next time, but this time I just ate it straight out of the foil package!

  New Orleans-Style Shrimp
  from Cooking Light

  
  

  Ingredients

  3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  1 tablespoon butter, melted
  2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
  2 teaspoons chopped garlic
  1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
  1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
  2 pounds unpeeled large shrimp
  2 lemons, sliced into 1/4-inch slices
  4 teaspoons butter, divided
  

  Preparation

  Combine first 11 ingredients in a large bowl; toss well. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes.

  Preheat oven to 425°.

  Fold 4 (16 x 12-inch) sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil in half crosswise. Open foil. Remove shrimp mixture from bowl; reserve marinade. Place about 2 1/4 cups shrimp mixture on half of each foil sheet. Drizzle remaining marinade evenly over shrimp. Top each serving with 1 teaspoon butter. Fold foil over shrimp; tightly seal edges.

  Place packets on a baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Place on plates. Unfold packets carefully; peel shrimp, and serve immediately.

  Yield

  4 servings (serving size: 1 packet)

  
  

  Nutritional Information

  CALORIES 323(30% from fat); FAT 10.7g (sat 4.9g,mono 2.3g,poly 1.8g); PROTEIN 46.4g; CHOLESTEROL 363mg; CALCIUM 156mg; SODIUM 513mg; FIBER 0.8g; IRON 6.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8.9g

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  8 Comments

8 Responses to “New Oreleans-Style Shrimp”

1. 

   Kelly-Jane said on June 8th, 2007 at 6:38 pm

   Looks delicious! Sounds pretty spicy too

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   Judy said on June 10th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

   Just came across your blog…I really like it!

   I have done the same thing with portions before, usually with baking. Learning experience, right?

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   joey said on June 11th, 2007 at 8:51 am

   Sounds yummy! I also do that when there are dishes I want to try that are not exactly my husband’s thing — I wait for a meal by myself and make a nice serves-one portion

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   Kristen said on June 11th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

   This looks delicious. I have shrimp waiting for me to turn them into something yummy. This might be too spicy for the kids, but not for me!

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   Freya and Paul said on June 11th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

   I love shrimp! And spicy shrimp at that!

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   Mandy said on June 11th, 2007 at 8:33 pm

   I too, like to make dishes that hubby doesn’t fancy when he is not home for dinner! I bookmarked this recipe from CL too! It’s nice to hear a good review before trying it out myself.

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   Culinary Cowgirl said on June 11th, 2007 at 9:33 pm

   LOL…don’t worry about the cooking time problem…everybody does things like that once in a while!

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   Patricia Scarpin said on June 12th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

   It looks delicious, Deborah!

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