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Tequila-Lime Shrimp

Ingredients
1 ounce Butter
1 ounce Olive Oil
1/4 cup onion - diced
1 medium Serrano chile - seeded & fine diced
2 oz tequila
1 pound shrimp (med or large) - peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon lime zest
8 ounces heavy cream
1/4 cup lime juice - from one whole lime
1 pinch Salt - to taste
2 pinches Black pepper - fresh ground
1 tablespoon Tequila - to finish

Preparation
Melt butter in pan with oil. Saute onions and chile lightly then add shrimp. Continue to saute until shrimp turn a pink color. Flame with the tequila. Add the lime zest and heavy cream then reduce the sauce over medium heat. The sauce should boil lightly and begin to thicken a little. Add seasoning to taste and lime juice with a splash of tequila to finish.
Serve over brown rice (or shredded cauliflower if you are cutting carbs). Garnish with some parsley or cilantro.

We tried the recipe a couple weeks ago and it it grand! We served it over grits instead of rice.

Comments

[lylith.livejournal.com]

Yum! You might enjoy my Orange Tequila Shrimp with Mushrooms and Greens (http://lylith.livejournal.com/145775.html).

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

Yum!

Erm... what are grits?

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

Umm...they are kind of like Cream of Wheat or polenta but made from homeny, another kind of corn.

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'll have to investigate further.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Oh that sounds good
I will have to make that when I can eat shrimp again

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I don't think I could go 9 months without shrimp. They are the only protein I feel confident cooking.