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Shrimp Boil for One, with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Shrimp Boil for One, with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Photo by Kayb

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Home Alone Dinner
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    Kayb's Notes: Every year, I head south to the Gulf Coast for vacation -- at least once, more if I can manage it. The last few years, it's been Orange Beach, Alabama, in the same condo complex, which is...

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Serves 1

For the Boil:

1/2 pound large shrimp in the shell, deveined Ask the
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2 to 3 golf-ball-sized new redskin potatos Ask the
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1 ear fresh yellow corn, husked and silked Ask the
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1 lemon or lime, halved Ask the
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6 tablespoons salt Ask the
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2 tablespoons Louisiana brand liquid crawfish boil seasoning (if you use anything other than this, use at least twice what the directions call for) Ask the
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3 quarts water Ask the
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2 teaspoons Louisiana brand powdered shrimp boil seasoning Ask the
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2 tablespoons melted butter Ask the
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  1. In large stockpot, bring water, salt, crawfish boil seasoning and halved lime to a boil. Rinse shrimp and set aside.

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  2. Scrub potatos and add to pot. Boil for 10 minutes. Break corn in half, to make two small ears, and add. Boil for five minutes more. Add shrimp; allow pot to return to boil and boil for exactly one minute. Drain shrimp and vegetables in colander.

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  3. Separate shrimp from vegetables. Toss potatos and corn with melted butter, and sprinkle with powdered shrimp boil seasoning.

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  4. For cocktail sauce, while potatos are boiling, mix all ingredients and refrigerate. Keeps for several days, so if you're at the coast and going to be eating seafood for several nights, make plenty!

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  5. Enjoy with cold beer! (And the avocado on the side is a good touch, as well.)

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Moslerpingvin Reply

Looks and sounds great

But are my eyes deceiving me or is there some kind of sausage in the dish on the picture?

Regardless I'm gonna try it, but first I have to find a recipe for liquid craw fish boil seasoning and powdered shrimp boil seasoning. That is definitely not available here in Denmark.

Kay_at_lake Reply

Sometimes I do put andouille sausage in it. This is actually an old photo for a larger shrimp boil that included sausage. And if I were you, I'd order the seasoning here: http://www.louisianafishfry.com/. Enjoy!

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Thankyou, thankyou. Finally someone has posted a recipe for Shrimp boil scaled down for just me & it sounds wonderful.

Kay_at_lake Reply

Sigh. I posted it before the BP disaster. I've not made it to the Gulf Coast this year, first year in forever, and it just breaks my heart to see the devastation and wonder what the effect will be on all the wildlife and the wonderful seafood. But yes, it's a fine thing to do to treat yourself for dinner for one!

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

This sounds yummy! My parents live in New Orleans and every summer we rent a big house on the beach in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida. (We used to go to Gulf Shores, too.) This would be great for one of our big family dinners!

Kay_at_lake Reply

It absolutely is. I've done it with as much as 10 pounds of shrimp; I have to go to two pots, and split everything between them. A tip for when you're serving potatos and corn to a crowd -- use a small cooler you can put in the dishwasher. Keeps it all good and hot!

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