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Shrimp Cocktail

Name: Shrimp Cocktail
Ingredients: 3000 g water (mL ); 2 lemons; 2 heads of garlic (cut in half); 150 g coarse salt (2/3c ); 75 g sugar (2/3c ); 2 bay leaves; 2 lb U8-12 easy peel raw shrimp (1kg ); 350 g chili sauce (1 jar ); 1 lemon (zest & juice); 50 g prepared horseradish (3 1/2T ); 10 g hot sauce (i use Frank’s) (2t ); 40 or so cranks of black pepper

Shrimp cocktail is THE party appetizer. Most people grab it pre-made and arranged from the store, which is fine, but this will have everyone’s jaw. This recipe brings shrimp cocktail from a ten out of ten to a one thousand out of ten.

Ingredients

3000 g water, mL
2 lemons
2 heads of garlic, cut in half
150 g coarse salt, 2/3c
75 g sugar, 2/3c
2 bay leaves
2 lb U8-12 easy peel raw shrimp, 1kg

Cocktail Sauce

350 g chili sauce, 1 jar
1 lemon, zest & juice
50 g prepared horseradish, 3 1/2T
10 g hot sauce (i use Frank’s), 2t
40 or so cranks of black pepper

Instructions

In a pot, combine water, juiced halved lemons, garlic, salt, sugar, bay leaves. Boil and simmer for 5 mins.
Add shrimp to water, turn off the heat, & poach 4 min.
Once poached, transfer to ice water to cool.
Mix all cocktail sauce ingredients