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great shrimp cocktail

katcat avatar
Recipe by
Wallace Hale
@katcat
sikeston, MO

My version of shrimp cocktail. Enjoy

yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 25 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For great shrimp cocktail

  • 1
    lemon sliced thinly
  • 4
    bay leaves
  • 2tbs
    peppercorns crushed
  • 10
    whole allspice berries
  • 2 teas
    salt
  • 24 lrg
    shrimp shelled deveined
  • 1 cup
    cocktail sauce
  • 12
    small romaine lettuce leaves
  • 24
    7 inch skewers

How To Make great shrimp cocktail

  • 1
    In 6 quart dutch oven, combine 2 quarts water, lemon, bay leaves, crushed peppercorns, allspice berries, and salt; heat to boiling. Cover and boil 16 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until just opaque throughout, 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold running wster to stop shrimp from cooking. Cover and refrigerate shrimp 12 hours.
  • 2
    Just before srrving, place cup of cocktail sauce in center of of a serving platter arrange romaine leaves around cup sauce in center of platter leaf tip pointing out thread shrimp on the skewers and place on leaves arranged around sauce makes 8 appetizers before main meal.
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