Best 8 The Very Best New Orleans Shrimp Recipes

THE BEST SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter over medium-high heat in a skillet or saute pan. Add the onion, pepper and celery.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook approximately 10-12 minutes or until vegetables are very soft, adjusting heat as necessary so vegetables don't burn.
• Add the garlic, Cajun seasoning, thyme, cayenne pepper and bay leaf. Stir briefly.
• Add the tomato sauce, water and Worcestershire.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered 8-10 minutes or until sauce thickens.
• Stir in the shrimp and cook 1-2 minutes or until just firm.
• Add hot sauce, salt and black pepper to taste.
• Remove bay leaf, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately with hot, cooked rice and lemon wedges.

SPICY NEW ORLEANS SHRIMP

Steps:

• Peel and devein the shrimp.
• Add the rest of the ingredients to oven safe skillet, stir and let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Remove skillet from the heat and let cool for a couple minutes.
• Add the shrimp and toss it around so that it's fully immersed in the sauce.
• Cover with foil and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Bake shrimp for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Serve immediately with crusty French bread and drizzle with additional lemon juice as needed.

QUICK & EASY NEW ORLEANS SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, celery and pepper; cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Add shrimp; cook 2-4 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Serve with rice.

THE VERY BEST NEW ORLEANS SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine mix and store in glass jar, tightly sealed.
• In heavy skillet over high heat combine 4 oz.
• butter,garlic, worcestershire and seasoning mix.
• When butter is melted, add shrimp.
• Cook for 2 minutes, shaking pan back and forth.
• DON'T STIR!
• Add remaining butter, stock and beer.
• Cook for an additional 2 minutes, shaking the pan.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve immediately in bowl with lots of french bread to soak up the sauce.
• *Shaking the pan in a back and forth motion, along with the additional of the stock helps keep the sauce from separating and having an oil texture.
• Stirring doesn't do the same.

NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BARBECUED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, shallot and garlic. Cook, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until the shallots are soft and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the lemon slices and cook until they begin to brown, about 1 minute longer, then stir in the shrimp, paprika, thyme, black pepper and salt. Add the Worcestershire sauce and 3 tablespoons water and bring the liquid to a simmer.
• Cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are beginning to turn pink, about 2 minutes. Add the butter cubes and swirl the pan to combine. Allow the sauce to simmer until the shrimp are pink and just opaque all the way through, another 3 to 4 minutes. Serve with lots of napkins and some crusty bread for sopping up the sauce.

NEW ORLEANS-STYLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• Peel the shrimp, leaving the tails on; reserve the shells. Devein the shrimp, then rinse in a colander; drain and pat dry. Sprinkle with the Creole seasoning.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add the shrimp shells and half of the scallions and cook until the shells turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and 1 1/2 cups water and cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Strain the shrimp broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl; discard the solids.
• Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter in the skillet over high heat. Add the shrimp and the remaining scallions and cook until the shrimp start to turn pink, about 1 minute. Add the reserved shrimp broth and simmer until cooked through, about 3 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the corn in a microwave-safe dish and microwave until hot, 2 to 3 minutes. Cut the tomato into chunks. Divide the corn and tomatoes among bowls. Add the shrimp and ladle in the broth. Serve with bread.

THE BEST NEW ORLEANS BBQ SHRIMP. EVER.

Steps:

• Put the shrimp in one layer in a shallow baking dish that can go in the broiler and sprinkle lightly with coarse sea salt.
• Dice the onion up and smash the garlic really well with the flat side of a big knife. Don't cut up the garlic, just smash it.
• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and saute the onions until they're translucent.
• Add the smashed garlic, lemon zest, and the butter to the saucepan. Stir it up.
• Once the butter has melted, add all the seasonings - garlic powder, crab boil, LOTS of cracked pepper (I don't know my exact measurement but I'd say probably 30 "cracks" of the pepper cracker), and 4 big slugs from the Worchestershire sauce bottle. Keep stirring.
• Taste to see if it's spicy enough for you, and if it isn't, add some cayenne - there's cayenne in the crab boil, but some people like a higher level of spiciness than the crab boil can provide.
• Dump in 2 more tablespoons of olive oil and the juice of the lemon while continuously stirring.
• Add half of the beer (keep stirring!) and drink the rest (while stirring.) Once all the foam from the beer is gone and it's bubbling again it's ready.
• Pour the sauce over the shrimp in the baking dish, stir it around, and put it in the broiler.
• Broil for 8 minutes and then stir it up and broil for 5 more minutes (longer if your shrimp are super gigantic) until the shrimp look done (nice and pink) and you have some good brown crusties on top. The shallower your dish is the better it will be - you want the sauce to almost just barely-ish not cover the shrimp so the little bit of exposed surface browns.
• Let it rest for 10 minutes before eating. Serve in a bowl with tons of sauce and hot french bread for dipping!

CHEF JOHN'S NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BARBEQUED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Peel shrimp and place into a mixing bowl; set shrimp shells aside in a saucepan.
• Drizzle vegetable oil over shrimp and season with black pepper, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, and seafood seasoning. Mix shrimp to coat with spices and cover bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate shrimp to absorb flavors, at least 1 hour.
• Place reserved shrimp shells in saucepan over medium-high heat with 1 tablespoon butter; cook and stir until shells are pink and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in chicken stock, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low; simmer until shrimp shells have given off their flavor, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Strain shrimp stock through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl and add lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Stir to combine.
• Place a large skillet over high heat until pan is very hot; sear shrimp in the very hot, dry pan until shrimp are browned, about 1 minute per side.
• Stir 3 tablespoons cold butter, garlic, and minced rosemary into shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp are opaque in the middle and garlic is fragrant, 1 minute. Pour in shrimp stock.
• Transfer shrimp from skillet to a bowl, using a slotted spoon; reserve sauce in skillet. Bring sauce to a boil and cook until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste. Return shrimp to pan, reduce heat to low, and warm through, about 1 minute. Serve shrimp drizzled with pan sauce; garnish with a rosemary sprig.