Friday, November 17, 2006

Shrimp in Sake Garlic Butter Sauce: An experiment gone totally right.


We had a supper club gathering the other day with the theme of "Rice." Karen and I were tasked with appetizers, so we poked around until we found a pretty great recipe.

I doubled the recipe below and dropped a Sam's bag o' frozen uncooked shrimp into a cast-iron dutch oven. Easily served 10 as an appetizer and could probably stand alone as an entree. But I'm simply transcribing the recipe the way it was originally written in the link above. Here 'tis:

• In an 8- to 10-inch frying pan over medium heat, stir 1 teaspoon minced garlic and 1 teaspoon minced onion or shallot in 1 teaspoon olive oil until golden brown, about 2 minutes.

• Add 8 ounces rinsed deveined peeled medium shrimp (41 to 50 per lb.) and 1/2 cup sake. Stir often until shrimp are opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), 2 to 3 minutes.

• Add 3 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon chopped parsley; stir until butter is melted and blended into sauce.

• Spoon into 4 small shallow bowls. Serve with crusty bread or hot cooked rice. Makes 4 appetizer servings.

BTW: I served it over an ice-cream-scoop-sized portion of sushi rice and ladled on the sauce. Great stuff.

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