"This is a dinner to evoke deep summer, when the heat lies heavy even at dusk and humidity wraps you like a blanket: shrimp tossed in garlic butter made fiery with Indonesian sambal and jalapeño, cut by lime, fragrant with cilantro It is a kind of scampi for the sun-kissed and sun-desirous alike, a vacation on a plate Add a mojito and a couple of beers..."
INGREDIENTS
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4
tablespoons unsalted butter
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1
large clove garlic, minced
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Juice of two large limes
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1
tablespoon Indonesian sambal (preferably sambal oelek, by Huy Fong, though sriracha will work as well)
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Kosher salt
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freshly ground black pepper to taste
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1
pound large, fresh, shell-on shrimp
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1
teaspoon jalapeño, seeded and chopped (optional)
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2
tablespoons chopped cilantro