Cabbage Shrimp Stir Fry

Stir fry sliced cabbage and celery in peanut oil for just a minute or so, add sliced scallions, drained water chestnuts, cooked shrimp, 1/2 tsp. of salt, and 1/2 tsp of sugar. Fry for another 30 seconds, then drizzle with soy sauce and sesame oil. Yum!

Srirachi Sweet Shrimp

Isn't grilling season fun? Here was last night's experiment: Srirachi sweet shrimp. Raw, thawed, tail-on shrimp were marinated for about 40 minutes in a mixture of Srirachi (hot chili sauce), sugar, lime juice and minced garlic. Then skewered and grilled until the sugar caramelized - and it took just a few minutes. A sweet-hot treat.

Bell Pepper Happiness

Bell peppers have been so inexpensive in the grocery stores lately. This is a favorite new dish! Peeled raw shrimp and slices of bell peppers and onions on skewers. Brush with melted butter seasoned with minced garlic, oregano and pepper.

Shrimp on a Stick

Not only shrimp, but a complete dinner with bell peppers and onions. The shrimp and veggies were brushed with melted butter and minced garlic, and seasoned with pepper.

Shrimp in a Blanket

This started out as a sweet and sour shrimp puff recipe....but ended up as shrimp in a blanket.

Recipe:

Crack open a can of Pillsbury butter crescent rolls and cut each triangle in half lengthwise. Pat dry raw peeled and deveined shrimp - one for each piece of dough = 16. Mix up 4 tablespoons of softened cream cheese, a clove of minced garlic, a touch of grated ginger and about a teaspoon of soy sauce. Spread a half teaspoon of the mixture on the dough. Position the shrimp at the large end of the triangle and roll it up. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes, be sure to coat the pan with cooking spray or parchment. Remove from over and brush with slightly melted apricot preserves. The reason I can't call this a shrimp puff is because the canned pastry didn't really puff like I wanted it too. I might try this recipe again with a puff pastry.

Panko Shrimp

I've said before that panko crumbs are magic...here they are adding that crunchy touch to butterflied shrimp. I bought these ready-to-bake ones at Costco.

Shrimp Cocktail Homestyle

After reading an article about how the shrimp industry is very unregulated and icky....I served shrimp for dinner! Hopefully, we're all still healthy today. I made it look really fancy, which made it taste better, I think. Homemade cocktail sauce on the side. I did a mixture of white pepper, creamed horseradish and ketchup. This quickie shrimp cocktail would set you back probably $7-8 at a restaurant. Since the pound of shrimp was $6, this serving cost less than $1.

Shrimp Salad

Salad shrimp, tomatoes, Romaine lettuce and ranch dressing. This shrimp salad is nostalgic for us, since it's one of our favorite snacks during our yearly trip to the Oregon Coast. And these salads taste way better when on vacation for some reason.

Sugar Shrimp

Part of a quick dinner night last night. Raw tail-on shrimp quickly fried in about two tablespoons of peanut oil. I used to always use butter, but grabbed vegetable oil by accident one time and liked it better. Rinse the frozen shrimp under cool water until thawed. Then, toss the shrimp with a little bit of table sugar. That helps balance the natural salty flavor and gives the shrimp a light caramel crisp when doing the quick saute in oil. These are good cold, too, if you want to use them in a salad.