Tequila Shrimp

Name: Tequila Shrimp
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters crema or sour cream; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 4 servings Accompaniment: rice; 1 scallion, thinly sliced; 680 grams shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per pound), peeled and deveined; 118 milliliters white or reposado tequila; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

Tequil From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes. If you have shrimp in shell, reposado tequila, scallion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the tequila you could follow this main course with the Tequila-Lime Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Toss shrimp with kosher salt and 3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper.

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Coarsely Ground Black Pepper

Kosher Salt

Shrimp

Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then sauté shrimp, turning, until pink and just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and add tequila, then increase heat to medium-high. Tilt skillet over gas burner to ignite tequila (or ignite with a long match; use caution, as flames may shoot up high). Cook, shaking skillet gently once or twice, until flames subside.

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Tequila

Butter

Shrimp

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat and stir in crema.

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Mexican Crema

Serve sprinkled with scallion.

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Green Onions

Equipment

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

177milliliters

crema or sour cream 1teaspoon

kosher salt 4servings

Accompaniment: rice 1

scallion, thinly sliced 680grams

shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per pound), peeled and deveined 118milliliters

white or reposado tequila 2Tbsps

unsalted butter

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp can be paired with Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. One wine you could try is Caposaldo Pinot Grigio. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 10 dollars.