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Spicy Barbecue Shrimp

Recipe information

  • Yield

    6 appetizer

Ingredients

Shrimp

2

tablespoons olive oil

3

garlic cloves, minced

30

uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined

Sauce

2

tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, room temperature

2

tablespoons all purpose flour

1

8-ounce bottle clam juice

1

/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

2

tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1

tablespoon tomato paste

4

garlic cloves, minced

3

/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

1

/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1

/2 teaspoon sugar

1

/4 teaspoon paprika

2

tablespoons (about) water

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Preparation

  1. For shrimp

    Step 1

    Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds. Sprinkle shrimp with salt and pepper. Add shrimp to skillet; sauté just until opaque in center, about 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.

  2. For sauce

    Step 2

    Mix butter and flour in small bowl to blend. Combine clam juice and all remaining ingredients except water in medium saucepan. Simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors. Add butter-flour mixture and whisk until sauce thickens and is smooth, thinning with water by tablespoonfuls if desired, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add sauce to shrimp in skillet; simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.