Shrimp Cocktail
Submitted by Miss Danielle on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 3:06pm.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb raw shrimp, thawed
- water
- 1 lemon
- 1 onion, quartered
- salt
- bay leaf
- 4 peppercorns
Instructions:
1) Fill a pot with water. Squeeze the lemon juice into it, add the quartered onion, bay leaf, peppercorns and salt (about a tbsp).
2) Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
3) Reduce heat to med and add shrimp. Gently cook until shrimp are pink (about 1-3 minutes).
4) Pour into a strainer. Remove shrimp and allow to cool (I like to have a bowl of ice ready to put the shrimp on right after they are strained to stop the cooking process). Discard other ingredients.
5) Peel shrimp when they are cool enough to handle. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Serve.
Notes:
A great snack. I haven't figured out how to make a "friendly" cocktail sauce, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear it! Luckily, these are so flavourful you don't need one.