Drunken Shrimp
Traditional dish with deveined shrimp, beer, unsalted butter, divided.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 48 jumbo deveined shrimp
- 12 oz beer
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
Steps
- Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add the shrimp.
- Cook until slightly undercooked.
- Quickly place the shrimp in ice water.
- Drain.
- Set aside.
- Season the shrimp with salt and pepper.
- Deglaze the pot with beer.
- Add the shrimp.
- Bring to a simmer over medium low heat.
- Once the beer simmers, lower the heat to low.
- Cook 5 minutes.
- Stir in the butter 1 tbsp at a time.
- Serve warm.
Adapted from “Drunken Shrimp”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.